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Which of the following trends can be observed when moving down a column in the periodic table

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Step-by-step explanation:

A column on the periodic table represents a period.

These are some of the variations observed across a period;

  • Atomic radii decreases progressively from left to right due to the progressive increase in the nuclear charge without an attendant increase in the number of electronic shells.
  • Ionization energy increases progressively from left to right due to decreasing atomic radii.
  • Electronegativity increases from left to right.
  • Electropositivity decreases across a period.

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