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Which of the following elements does not belong to the Carbon family?(a) aluminium(b) silicon(c) plumbum(d) stannumThis question was posed to me during an internship interview.My question comes from p-Block Elements topic in portion p-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 11

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The correct answer is (a) ALUMINIUM

Best EXPLANATION: The elements of Carbon family are the elements of group 14. They are carbon, Silicon, Germanium, STANNUM and PLUMBUM. Their valence shell configuration is ns^2np^2 and their VALENCY is four. But aluminium belongs to group 13.



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