Looking at the same nonmetal group on the periodic table, how does the reactivity of an element in period 2 compare to the reactivity of an element in period 4?

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Susan Jimenez

22 September, 21:12

Looking at the same nonmetal group on the periodic table, how does the reactivity of an element in period 2 compare to the reactivity of an element in period 4?

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Heath Alexander · Answer 1

For metals reactivity increases down the group however for nonmetals reactivity decreases down a group due to increasing size and the shielding effect of the electron orbitals. So period 2 will be more reactive than period 4