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Eka-silicon, predicted by Mendeleev, is the element now called what?
AArsenic
BGallium
CTin
DGermanium
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Germanium
Germanium was unknown in Mendeleev's time and fills the gap he left directly below silicon.
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