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    | • | As go across a
    period (n stays the same), the 
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    |  | no. of protons in
    the nucleus increases. The 
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    |  | e’s are very
    spread out and each electron 
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    |  | feels the pull of
    the increasing +charge of 
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    |  | the nucleus
    uninfluenced by the other 
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    |  | electrons and
    size __________ as go from 
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    |  | left to right
    across a period. 
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