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Q.What is diagonal relationship ?

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Diagonal relationship is the close similarity in properties between certain second-period elements and the element diagonally placed to them in the third period.

On moving from left to right in a period atomic size decreases and electronegativity/ionic character changes, while moving down a group has the opposite effect. These two opposing trends partly cancel along a diagonal, so an element of period 2 and the element diagonally below-right of it in period 3 end up with a similar charge-to-size ratio (similar polarising power) and hence similar properties. …

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