Periodic Productions presents: The periodic trends, broken down. ---Lyrics--- Chorus: Periodic trends, you know what it is [x2] Periodic trends, who cares what it isn't It's the most exciting thing in chemistry you better listen Now students, turn up your hearing aids If you do you'll learn this faster than mixing up a minute maid And don't waste your time memorizing AIMES Memorizing is lame; we don't play them games! Ionization energy is mysterious? Wrong You ask me about IE well I ask what group we on? As you go right, alright, you won't be surprised It will always rise, it doesn't have to improvise Atoms sure like a full valence shell Ding ding I'm hoping that that word rings a bell If you don't remember it's the atom's outer energy level Since it likes it full it takes energy to repel... An electron, and it doesn't need no recon From that point on, with its charge it is an ion As you move down it's hard to create that ion It's easy to predict; we don't need no Mayans! Chorus Electronegativity, I hope you will believe me It's a whole lot different than ionization energy Put simply, it's the atoms tendency To take an electron into captivity That's right, into captivity, with no sensitivity It is what decides the element's reactivity At first it didn't make sense to me But in the game of reactions, it's the home plate referee If you find yourself going down own a group, It goes down faster Blake Griffin throwing down an alley oop, Across a period, you'll find a myriad of reasons it doesn't go in loops Going up that mountain faster than a freakin Boy Scout troop Well, well look who's got it in the bag In this game Flourine is surely not sad Fluorine snags electrons and gets riches from his rags Started as a halogen but has electrons like a noble gas Chorus I ask you why, what is atomic radii Well if you ask a wall you won't get any reply In the meantime, you'll mix it up like a stir fry It is the atoms width but I don't mean to imply That I'm a wise guy, in fact I am your ally If you said that the atomic radius is run by Energy levels and the amount of shielding Wielding the power to make the atom bigger you've hit the bulls eye And you know what, I'll even tell you why Energy levels makes it reach for the sky Protons attract electrons—not stand by That's why radii get smaller as you go right Started, started from the bottom It won't be long until you can say I gottem Answers will be falling from the sky like autumn And if Batman wasn't smart he surely couldn't save Gotham Chorus