Which element deviates from the trend in period 3?
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Aluminum
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Since the elements are in period 3, this means that all of them have an outer electron in energy level 3. However, the trend has two anomalies. The first is between Mg and Al, because the outer electron of Mg is in the orbital 3s, whereas that of Al is in 3p.
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