What is a Period in the Periodic Table?
A period in the periodic table is a horizontal row where elements are arranged in increasing atomic number. Elements in the same period have the same number of atomic orbitals!
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In the periodic table, a period is just a row. From hydrogen on the left to the noble gases on the right, it's all a period.
Basically, a period is a horizontal line on the periodic table where each element has the same number of electron shells.
It's one of the rows. Elements in the same period have a repeating pattern of properties.
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