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The elements Eka Aluminium and Eka silic...

The elements Eka Aluminium and Eka silicon named by Mendeleev known today as

A

Gallium and Germanium

B

Aluminium and Silicon

C

Iron and Sulphur

D

Proton and Silicon

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Eka-aluminium is knows as gallium and Eka-silicon is known as germanium because gallium is similar in properties to aluminium and one next to it and germanium is similar in properties to silicon and one next to it. (Eka in sanskrit means one)
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