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Which element replaced eka aluminium according to the Mendeleev’s periodic table? |
Boron Geranium Gallium Sodium |
Gallium |
The correct answer is option 3. Gallium. The element that replaced "eka aluminium" according to Mendeleev's periodic table is Gallium. "Eka-aluminium" was the placeholder name given by Dmitri Mendeleev for the element with atomic number 31 in his periodic table. Gallium (Ga) was discovered by Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875, and it was found to fit the properties predicted by Mendeleev for eka-aluminium. Therefore, gallium is the correct answer. |