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What are group 17 elements are known as?

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Group 17 :
This group is called halogens.
They occupy the seventeenth column of the periodic table.
They are highly electronegative non-metals their valance shell has a vacancy of one electron.
They form strong acids with hydrogen from which different salts are produced. for example HCl, HF.
The halogens are Fluorine (F), Chlorine (Cl), Bromine (Br), Iodine (I), and Astatine (At).

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