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Xia Zipper · Stefan V.
Dec 21, 2017

Periods and groups are the equivalent of saying rows and columns.

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Periods are the horizontal rows of the Periodic Table that increase from left to right and are numbered 1-7

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Groups are the vertical columns of the Periodic Table that go from 1-18.

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