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Chemistry

Periodic Trends Within Groups

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Down a group, atomic radius increases, so cesium (at the bottom of Group 1) is about 2.6 times larger than lithium (at the top) in atomic radius.

Why this is interesting

You know all the elements in a column of the periodic table share chemical personalities... but did you know they also follow hidden rules about size and energy? What makes these rules so consistent?