Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Chapter 2 - Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding - Questions and Problems - Page 48: 2.13a

Answer

Halogen

Work Step by Step

It is one electron deficient from having a filled p subshell, so it is one column left of the noble gases, making it a halogen.
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