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Explain the horizontal periodic trend

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Trends on the Periodic Table have a vertical component and a horizontal component. Vertical trend: as more “shells” are added to the electron cloud, it expands. Horizontal trend: if atoms have the same number of “shells”, atoms with more protons will draw the electron cloud in tighter.

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