Elements of group 17 are known as________.

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Group 17 :
This group is called halogens.
The word "halogen" means "salt former".
They occupy the seventeenth column of the periodic table as when halogens react with metals, they produce a wide range of salts.
They are highly electronegative non-metals as their valance shell has a vacancy of one electron.
The halogens are Fluorine (F), Chlorine (Cl), Bromine (Br), Iodine (I), and Astatine (At).
Therefore, Elements of group 17 are known as Halogens.

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