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Identify the element that does NOT belong to Period 6 of Modern Periodic Table.

  1. ASiliconCorrect answer
  2. BTungsten
  3. CRhenium
  4. DPlatinum
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A. Silicon

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Silicon is in Period 3. Tungsten, rhenium and platinum are in Period 6, with atomic numbers 74, 75 and 78 respectively. Silicon, atomic number 14, is therefore the element outside Period 6 among these choices.

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