Metallic character increases down the group

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The metallic character of an element depends on how readily it can lose its electrons. Therefore,

Metallic properties increases down the group as the size of an atom increases which leads to lesser attraction between the nuclei and the electrons, thus the outer most electrons of a metallic atom is loosely bound.

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