This document discusses periodic trends in atomic properties such as atomic size, ionization energy, electron gain enthalpy, and electronegativity. It notes that atomic size increases down groups and decreases left to right across periods, with some exceptions. Ionization energy generally increases across periods but nitrogen is an exception having a higher value than oxygen. Electron gain enthalpy decreases down groups with the exception of fluorine having a higher value than chlorine. Metallic character increases down groups and decreases across periods, while nonmetallic character shows the opposite trends.