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प्रश्न
Hydrogen is not a metal but still it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals. Why?
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उत्तर
Hydrogen is not a metal, but it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals because, like metals, it also loses electrons and forms positive ions, H+.
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