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Question
State the property trends in general of elements on moving from left to right in a period of the periodic table.
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Solution
Property trends of elements from left to right in a period:
- Number of electron shells remains the same.
- Valence electrons increase by one.
The transition from metallic to non-metallic character increases. - Size of atom decreases.
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