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In general, as you go across a period in the periodic table from left to right the atomic radius is doing what and the electron affinity becomes what negative; and the first ionization energy is doing what

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As you go across a period in the periodic table from left to right, the atomic radius decreases, the electron affinity becomes more negative, and the first ionization energy increases.


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