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Fluorine, chlorine (the symbol is capital C, lowercase L), bromine and iodine are all halogens with similar chemical properties. Elements with similar chemical properties appear in the same columns, called groups, in the Periodic Table. All of the previous elements are in group 17.

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Br and Cl possess same properties. So he grouped them together.

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Why are Fluorine Chlorine Bromine and Iodine in the same column of the periodic table?

they have the same number of electrons


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For example the column 17 - halogens.


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