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Why do the atoms in the top rows in the periodic table have higher electronegativity than atoms from lower rows?
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∙ 14y ago
its to do with the groups not the atoms the group at the bottom of the table are rare earth metal (58-103) and these are just the way Mendeveel (the person who made the pt) set them out i am not sure why. Just physics and chemistry nothing else.
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I wouldn't agree with the above statement. I would say that the atomic radii of an atom increases going down a group because as we move down the Periodic Table each atom has more electron shells and so the valence electrons end up further away from the nucleus which in turn means the electrostatic force between the nucleus and the valence electrons decreases and the atom is "larger".
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe higher up an element is, the closer the outer electron shell is to the nucleus and so the more attractive force the nucleus has on other electrons. This is also a governing factor on the likelihood of an element to react.
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∙ 16y agoBecause that's the way the periodic table works. Left to right, top to bottom, small to heavy.
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∙ 14y agoMore electrons take up more space, and the more atoms added the closer they go to the nucleus decreasing the atom.
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