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Within a group of the periodic table as one goes from downward to upward, the metallic character :
  1. decreases
  2. increases
  3. first increases then decreases
  4. does not change

A
increases
B
decreases
C
first increases then decreases
D
does not change
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The metallic character of an element can be defined as how readily an atom can lose an electron. Metallic characteristics increases down a group as electron shielding causes the atomic radius to increase thus the outer electrons ionizes more readily than electrons in smaller atoms. Thus, within a group of the periodic table as one goes from downward to upward, the metallic character decreases.

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