As reactivity down

a group of metals
REACTIVITY OF METALS AS YOU GO DOWN THE GROUP increases down the
group, their melting
As we move down the group, the number of shells increases and boiling points
decrease.

The electron/s in the outermost shell (valence electrons) gets further and further
away

The electrostatic force between the electron/s and protons in the nucleus
decreases

It becomes easier to lose the electron and take part in a reaction to form a
bond

So, REACTIVTIY INCREASES DOWN A GROUP OF METALS

As we go across rows
of Metals (from left to
right)
reactivity decreases

or in other words,
reactivity increases
from right to left.
 As reactivity
of non-metals
decrease
down the
REACTIVITY OF NON-METALS AS WE GO DOWN THE GROUP
group, their
As we move down the group, the number of shells increases melting and
boiling points
increase.

The electron/s in the outermost shell (valence electrons) gets further and further
away

The electrostatic force between the electron/s and protons in the nucleus
decreases

It becomes more difficult for an electron to come into the atom’s last shell as
attraction/pull from the protons in the nucleus decreases

It becomes increasingly difficult to gain electrons and take part in reaction to

form a bond

So, REACTIVITY OF DECREASES DOWN A GROUP OF NON-METALS

As we go across a row of non-

metals (from left to right), reactivity
increases.