(i) Electronegativity: Top to bottom decrease.
(ii) Atomic Radius: generally Increases top to Bottom.
(iii) Electron affinity: generally top to bottom decreases.
JEE Main 2019 — Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry
In general, the properties that decrease and increase down a group in the periodic table, respectively, are :
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