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The elements of the Periodic Table increase in atomic number as you move across and down. This indicates more protons, and a larger atomic nucleus. The number of electron shells increases as well, with elements with filled valence shells at the right (noble gases). Also, generally elements become less reactive as it moves from the left to the right.
As elements go from left to right across the Periodic Table, each element has one more proton and one more electron than the element to its immediate left. This affects valance (or outer shell) electrons. The column on the extreme left has just one valance electron, then the next column has two, the next has three. There isn't a smooth, uninterrupted progression from one valance electron to eight, on the far right, because the transition state elements, which are all metals, intrude into the sequence (this happens because some atoms have incomplete inner electron shells, rather than filling each shell before starting the next shell). But aside from that complication, elements go from metals on the left to nonmetals on the right, ending up with the noble gas elements on the extreme right.

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