From 5901f9d0198553002290659629bec86776f193f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eggy Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 20:49:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] chem: Clarify that basic concepts have effects --- docs/sch3uz.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sch3uz.md b/docs/sch3uz.md index b62fe7b..2be7c7e 100644 --- a/docs/sch3uz.md +++ b/docs/sch3uz.md @@ -703,6 +703,8 @@ Down a period, the number of shells occupied by the electrons increases, so vale - the attraction of valence electrons to the nucleus decreases due to the increasing distance - shielding increases due to the increasing number of electrons between the valence electrons and the nucleus +The impacts of these basic concepts on the above periodic trends is left as an exercise to the reader. + !!! example To explain why there is a trend of decreasing atomic radius across a period: