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What is the general trend for valence electrons as you go across the periodic table left to right

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The atomic radius decreases across a period from left to right and increases down a given group. The atoms with the largest atomic radii are located in group l and at the bottom of groups. Moving from left to right across a period, electrons are added one at a time to the outer energy shell. Hope this helps!
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