The Periodic Table Trends
The Periodic Table Trends
The Periodic Table Trends
IONIZATION ENERGY Energy needed to remove an DECREASES INCREASES IE increases across a period as
electron from an atom metals lose electrons and
nonmetals gain electrons
Higher IE = more stable, harder
to remove valence electron,
and less reactive (like noble
gases)
ELECTRON AFFINITY Amount of energy released when DECREASES INCREASES PERIOD: ↑ nuclear charge =
an electron is added to a neutral ↓ atom size = ↑ EA
atom to form an anion GROUP: ↑ atom size = ↓ EA
ELECTRONEGATIVITY Ability of an atom to attract shared DECREASES INCREASES EN in groups increase from
electrons in a covalent bond bottom to top instead
↑ electronegativity = stronger
attraction
REACTIVITY Ability of a molecule or atom to ↑ METAL reactivity = right to
undergo a chemical reaction, left (across a period), top to
followed by a release in energy bottom (down a group)
Dependent on classification of an ↑ NONMETAL reactivity = left
element (metal and nonmetal), to right (across a period),
electronegativity and ionization bottom to top (down a group)
energy
NOBLE GASES
Highest ionization energy
Filled electron shells
ZERO electron affinity and electronegativity
SUMMARY
DOWN A ACROSS A
GROUP PERIOD