Identify the correct statement regarding sodium?

is the smallest atom in the period

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has low IE

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has high electronegativity

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has a general electronic configuration of

n s^{2} n p^{2}

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The correct option is B has low IE
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Identify the correct statement regarding sodium?

The correct option is B has low IEFactual

The correct option is B has low IE
Factual