How to tell how reactive an element is on the periodic table?

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Adolfo Cunningham

8 April, 03:13

How to tell how reactive an element is on the periodic table?

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Cordell Travis · Answer 1

For metals, reactivity increases down a group and from right to left across a period. Nonmetals do the opposite. For nonmetals, reactivity increases up a group and from left to right across a period. Francium is the most reactive metal, and fluorine is the most nonmetal.