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A main group metal was studied and found to exhibit the following properties:

a. It does not occur free in nature.
b. It loses valence electrons readily.
c. It reacts readily with the halogens, oxygen, and nitrogen.
d. It is produced by high-temperature reduction of its oxide.
e. It reacts vigorously with water.
Which of the following metals might have been the element studied?

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Answer: we learned this not to long ago i think its a,c

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