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Explain how the period and group trends in atomic radii are related to electron configuration
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Explain how the period and group trends in atomic radii are related to electron configuration

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Across a period (from left to right), atomic radii size increase, because as you move across a period from left to right, the amount of valence electrons in the most outer shell increase, making the radius larger!
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