The
Periodic Table: Patterns & Trends
Slide 7 of 12
Trends and patterns
in Physical State
Across
the period, the trend is for it to go from solid to gas.
Down
the group, if there is a trend, then the trend is from gas to liquid to solid
or gas to solid.S
S
S
S
G
G
G
G
G
G
S
S
S
S
S
S
period
Gr
oup
oup
S
S
S
S
S
L
S
S
S