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What is meant by 'diagonal relationship' in periodic table? Why is it so?

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The similarity in properties of the first element of each group with the elements of to the lower right of the next period ie, diagonally opposite element is known as diagonal relationship.
It is due to
similarity in the size of ionsj
similarity in polarizing power
Similarity in electropositive character
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