Question

How does electropositive character of elements in a period vary from left to right?

Answer 1

Answer:

electropositive character decreases whereas electronegative character increases.

Answer 2

Electropositive character of elements

Explanation:

Groups are arranged horizontally on the periodic table and periods are arranged vertically. So every column is named as a group in the ascending order. And every row is named a period and period name ascends as you move from top to bottom of the periodic table.

Electropositive character of elements decreases in a period because effective nuclear charge increases from left to right in a period. Due to this effective nuclear charge, the electronegativity increases and the attraction of nucleus on valence shell electrons also increases.