JEE • Chemistry

p-Block Elements & their compounds

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p-Block Overall Trends

The p-block chapter opens with a trend diagram across and down the p-block.

p-block trends
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Notes

  • Across a period: electronegativity, ionization enthalpy and oxidizing power increase.

  • Down a group: covalent radius, van der Waals radius and metallic character increase.

  • The source notes enthalpy of atomization trend down group except for N2N_2, O2O_2 and F2F_2.