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What happens to the reactivity of nonmetals within a group from top of the group to the bottom?​

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As you go down a group, the atoms get bigger. The bigger the atom, the more unstable it is. The more unstable it is, the more reactive the atom will be. So, as you go down a group, the nonmetals will become more reactive.

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