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These protons serve to pull the electrons closer to the nucleus.

As you go from left to right on the periodic table, you are adding electrons to the same shell, but, you are also adding protons (nuclear charge).

Each shell represents distance from the nucleus (as well as energy), thus we expect that ATOMIC SIZE INCREASES as you go down a row on the periodic table.

As you go down a group, the valence electron configuration stays the same, but the number of shells is increasing.

The atomic size is easily explained when we examine how the electron configurations change as we move on the periodic table: Although there are some reversals in the trend (e.g., see Po in the bottom row), atoms generally get smaller as you go across the periodic table and larger as you go down any one column. Atomic Radii Trends on the Periodic Table.

Figure 1 “Atomic Radii Trends on the Periodic Table” shows spheres representing the atoms of the s and p blocks from the periodic table to scale, showing the two trends for the atomic radius.įigure 1. Atoms get smaller as you go from left to right across a period, and get larger as you go down a group. The size of atoms vary and there are two periodic trends. Such radii can be estimated from various experimental techniques, such as the x-ray crystallography of crystals. Although the concept of a definite radius of an atom is a bit fuzzy, atoms behave as if they have a certain radius.

The atomic radius is an indication of the size of an atom. There may be a few points where an opposite trend is seen, but there is an overall trend when considered across a whole row or down a whole column of the periodic table. There is no other tool in science that allows us to judge relative properties of a class of objects like this, which makes the periodic table a very useful tool. The variation of properties versus position on the periodic table is called periodic trends. One of the reasons the periodic table is so useful is because its structure allows us to qualitatively determine how some properties of the elements vary versus their position on the periodic table. Be able to state how certain properties of atoms vary based on their relative position on the periodic table.By the end of this module, you will be able to: