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Which of the following elements has the same number of valence electrons as aluminum?

zinc
carbon
silicon
magnesium
or boron

User Fatlog
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Answer:

boron

Step-by-step explanation:

Boron and aluminum lie in same group in modern periodic table and both have three valence electrons

User Heltonbiker
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Boron is the correct answer
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