JEE Main Chemistry question

As we go from left to right in period two of the Periodic Table, the gram atomic volume of the elements

(A)Will change indefinitely
(B)DecreasesCorrect
(C)Increases at a constant rate
(D)First increases then decreases

Answer: (B)

Solution

Moving left to right across period 2, nuclear charge increases while the number of shells stays the same, pulling the electron cloud inward and shrinking atomic size. Since gram atomic

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