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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Justify the position of hydrogen in the periodic table on the basis of its electronic configuration ?

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
Electronic Configuration of H is : 1s1
It has only one valance electron like alkali metals and it is only one short of it stable noble gas configuration just like halogens.
So that is why its properties are similar to both group 1 and 17 elements.