(a) What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as boron have in common? (b) What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as fluorine have in common?

(a) What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic T

1.	(a) What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as boron have in common? (b) What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as fluorine have in common?
Answer» SOLUTION :(a) All the elements in the same column as boron have three electrons in the valence SHELL. That is all the elements are trivalent. (b) All the elements in the same column as fluorine have ONE electron in the valence shell, that is all the elements are MONOVALENT.