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Why don't we understand the position of hydrogen in tha periodic table? properties of hydrogen are resemble to many of the groups in periodic table

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Question added by QASIM BHATTI , lecturar , Qaud e azam college
Date Posted: 2016/03/16
Gulam Mustafa Ali Khan
by Gulam Mustafa Ali Khan , Science & English Teacher , Madina Mission School, Hyderabad, India.

The position of hydrogen in the periodic table is still under research. We cannot place it above the noble gase as it does not have a stable electronic configuration.Also, we cannot place it above the halogens as it is not electronegative like them. The present place above the alkali metals is not suitable as well; it is neither a metal nor it is electropositive. So, we can say that hydrogen has a controversial place in the periodic table.

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