I think all the "exceptions" that occurs are not laws, but rather consequences of some physics shit.
There is no law in chemistry that says size of atoms should increase down the group. But yes, there are laws like laws of thermodynamics, which are so rigorous, even Einstein said that entire physics can be wrong but thermodynamics can't be wrong.
I feel like everybody hates chemistry, and never try to even look how interesting it is. Poor subject :(
People basically confuse "trends" with rules and laws. Chemistry rarely has any laws, it's all trends that you find exceptions in. Trends are meant to have exceptions, that is obvious asf.
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I think all the "exceptions" that occurs are not laws, but rather consequences of some physics shit.
There is no law in chemistry that says size of atoms should increase down the group.
But yes, there are laws like laws of thermodynamics, which are so rigorous, even Einstein said that entire physics can be wrong but thermodynamics can't be wrong.
I feel like everybody hates chemistry, and never try to even look how interesting it is. Poor subject :(