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While going down in a group of non-metals the chemical reactivity decreases. Explain with an examples

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Amongst group-17 elements, fluorine is the most reactive and iodine is the least reactive.

As one moves down the group, the number of electron shells go on increasing. Thus, with the increased number of electron shells, the nucleus loses its power to attract more electrons, so as to complete its outermost orbit. This, in turn, lowers the reactivity of elements.
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