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Periodic Classification — lesson overview
Organising the elements
The modern periodic table orders elements by atomic number, linking recurring properties with electronic structure.
Periods run horizontally and groups vertically. Elements in a group often show related valence configurations, but chemical behaviour still varies.
Atomic mass is not the primary ordering variable in the modern periodic law.
Broad trends
Across many main-group periods, effective nuclear attraction tends to increase and atomic radius generally decreases; trends have qualifications.
Down a group, additional electron shells generally increase size. Ionisation energy reflects the energy needed to remove an electron from the specified gaseous species.
Electron gain enthalpy and electronegativity are different concepts; neither should be replaced by an unexplained rule that every value changes monotonically.
Ions and comparisons
A cation is generally smaller than its parent atom and an anion generally larger, with electronic configuration and attraction explaining the comparison.
For an isoelectronic series, greater nuclear charge generally contracts the electron cloud, so compare proton number as well as electron number.
Periodic trends are tools for explanation; exceptions require electronic-structure reasoning rather than ignoring contrary data.
