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* periodic law in chemistry, law stating that many of the physical and
chemical properties of the elements tend to recur in a systematic manner with
increasing atomic number.
* valence electron are the electrons in the last shell or energy level
of an atom
* group A vertical column in the periodic table; also called a family.
* period The elements in a horizontal row of the periodic table.
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* ionization energy The minimum amount of energy required to remove the
most loosely held electron of an isolated gaseous atom or ion.
* electron shielding Electrons in filled sets of s , p orbitals between
the nucleus and outer shell electrons shield the outer shell electrons somewhat
from the effect of protons in the nucleus; also called screening effect.
* bond radius There is a chemical bond between two atoms or groups of
atoms in case that the forces acting between
them are such as to lead to the formation of an aggregate with
sufficient stability to make it convenient for the chemist to consider it as
an independent "molecular species".
* electronegativity A measure of the relative tendency of an atom to
attract electrons to itself when chemically combined with another atom.
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