when drawing lewis structures, is it ever allowed for an atom in the second row of the periodic table to have more than an octect of valence

no it is not allowed

Explanation:

Liwis structure shows the elements symbol with dots thet represents valance electrons ; in second row elements their atomic number is 3 up to 10 , from Li up to Ne from their electron configuration their valance electron will be from 1 up to 8 respectivelly ,if lewis structure represents the element with it is symbol and dots that represents valance electron the second row elements cannot have more than an octet of valance electrons surrounding it.

-be a crystalline solid

- be soluble in water

-conduct electricity

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2fe + 3h2so4 -> fe2(so4)3 + 3h2

it is necessary to balance equations in order to get the proper amount of reactants as well as products in order not to make a miscalculation.

you cannot change the subscripts as that would change the substance itself. for instance, diatomic elements such as h2 only have the subscript two when a gas. another example would be so4, if you were to change the subscript, the element would no longer be sulfate.

we change the coefficients instead as that only changes the number of molecules rather than the substance itself.

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