The ground state electronic configuration for silicon is 1s22s22p63s23p2 . Which of the following elements would be expected to be chemically similar to silicon?
a. boron with configuration 1s22s22p1
b. lithium with configuration 1s22s1
c. carbon with configuration 1s22s22p2
d. sodium with configuration 1s22s22p63s1
C
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