Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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Chapter 4, Problem 20E
Explain the relationship between a main-group element’s lettered group number (the number of the element’s column) and its valence electrons.
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Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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