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Published on: August 13, 2026
Li resembles Mg due to diagonal relationship, which is attributed to:
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On descending a group, the atoms and ions increase in size. On moving from left to right the size decreases. Thus on moving diagonally the size remains nearly the same. They also have nearly same IE & EN values.
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