Periodic Table question: In what family would you classify hydrogen? Why?

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Hydrogen has only 1 valence electron so that means it's apart of the alkali metal family.

Jwoolard answered May 30, 2018

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Alkali metals
Hydrogen only needs one more valence electron to fill it's out shell. So it belongs with the alkali metals.

Bilthon answered Jun 3, 2018

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