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  2. Periodic trends - Wikipedia

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    In general, the atomic radius decreases as we move from left-to-right in a period, and it increases when we go down a group. This is because in periods, the valence electrons are in the same outermost shell. The atomic number increases within the same period while moving from left to right, which in turn increases the effective nuclear charge.

  3. Period 2 element - Wikipedia

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    A period 2 element is one of the chemical elements in the second row (or period) of the periodic table of the chemical elements.The periodic table is laid out in rows to illustrate recurring (periodic) trends in the chemical behavior of the elements as their atomic number increases; a new row is started when chemical behavior begins to repeat, creating columns of elements with similar properties.

  4. Period (periodic table) - Wikipedia

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    A period on the periodic table is a row of chemical elements. All elements in a row have the same number of electron shells. Each next element in a period has one more proton and is less metallic than its predecessor. Arranged this way, elements in the same group (column) have similar chemical and physical properties, reflecting the periodic law.

  5. Entropy as an arrow of time - Wikipedia

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    Thus, for example, if Q was 50 units, T 1 was initially 100 degrees, and T 2 was 1 degree, then the entropy change for this process would be 49.5. Hence, entropy increased for this process, the process took a certain amount of "time", and one can correlate entropy increase with the passage of time.

  6. Diagonal relationship - Wikipedia

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    Moving rightward across the period decreases the atomic radii of atoms, while moving down the group will increase the atomic radii. [2] Similarly, on moving rightward a period, the elements become progressively more covalent [clarification needed], less basic and more electronegative, whereas on moving down a group the elements become more ...

  7. Inert-pair effect - Wikipedia

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    The inert-pair effect is the tendency of the two electrons in the outermost atomic s-orbital to remain unshared in compounds of post-transition metals.The term inert-pair effect is often used in relation to the increasing stability of oxidation states that are two less than the group valency for the heavier elements of groups 13, 14, 15 and 16.

  8. Thermal stability - Wikipedia

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    In thermodynamics, thermal stability describes the stability of a water body and its resistance to mixing. [1] It is the amount of work needed to transform the water to a uniform water density . The Schmidt stability "S" is commonly measured in joules per square meter (J/m 2 ).

  9. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions.A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter (or 'downhill' in terms of the temperature gradient).