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Hydrogen is not a metal-but it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals. Give the reason for it.

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Hydrogen placed in reactive series because it has one electron in its valence shell, it shows reactivity that resembles Electropositive metals ( lose of electron and become H+).
And also reactivity that resembles Electronegative non-metals ( gain of electron and become H).

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