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Classification of Modern Periodic Table

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Hydrogen is a metal or nonmetal

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Hydrogen is a nonmetal and is placed above group in the periodic table because it has ns1 electron configuration like the alkali metals. However, it varies greatly from the alkali metals as it forms cations (H+) more reluctantly than the other alkali metals

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