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What are halogen compounds

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Halogen are non-metals compound that constitute group 7 or 17. The halogen elements are Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine etc. They are called halogen because it produce sodium salts of the same properties.

Halogen has 7 valence electrons at their outermost shell and they both have similar chemical properties.

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