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The number of shells increases. Moving down the periodic table leads an investigator to heavier elements, that is, elements with bigger atomic numbers. That means larger nuclei and more electrons, which will have to make themselves homes out in the electron cloud. More shells will be set up to provide places for those electrons to hang out.

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