What property of an element determines its chemical behaviour?

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Valency of an element

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Molar mass of the element

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Size of an element

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Solution

The correct option is B Valency of an element
Valency determines the chemical behaviour of an element because outermost electron is responsible for chemical reaction
for example Na - 2,8,1 so Na outermost shell contain only 1 electrion these electron only responsible for chemical reaction.

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