In general, how are two elements on the same column of the periodic table expected to behave with respect to each other? What might be some differences?

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Truong-Son N.
Aug 27, 2015

In general, an element in the same column on the periodic table is expected to behave similarly. For example, sulfur and oxygen both form similar compounds with similar geometries, such as ethanol vs. ethanethiol, or #"H"_2"S"# vs. #"H"_2"O"#. Yet, some differences are that sulfur has access to its 3d orbitals, but oxygen doesn't, and sulfur is substantially larger in size.

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