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Atomic radius decreasing across a Periodic Table row - does the RPD of an orbital change depending of the element considered?
I have a concern regarding the RPD of an orbital. Does the RPD of an orbital depend on the $Z$ (i.e. on the element under consideration) ? Especially, can the RPD of an orbital "shrink" to ...
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Ionic radii of cations and anions
My textbook mentions that across a period from left to right, the ionic radius of atoms decreases. I'm a bit puzzled because negative ions in the same period have an extra shell. I get the part about ...
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Does Cu+ have a greater ionic radius than Sr2+?
Although Strontium is in group 2, reducing the number of electrons as it becomes ionized makes it group 18, period 4 in terms of electrons. Therefore, ionized Strontium (Sr2+) is in the same period as ...
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Comparison of atomic radii of boron and beryllium
Let me write down a couple of facts and this will be easier for you to know the essence of the question.
Radius of boron is smaller than beryllium.
Ionization energy of boron is smaller than ...
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Why ionic radius increases with negative charge?
Here's my understanding:
An ion with a negative charge has gained electrons. Hence the negative charge.
With a greater negative charge, there should be more attraction towards the positive charge.
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Why are hydrated lithium ions' radii larger than hydrated sodium ions' radii?
Why are hydrated lithium ions' radii larger than hydrated sodium ions' radii i.e. $r_\ce{Li+(aq)}>r_\ce{Na+(aq)}$?
If ionic radii increase down the group i.e. $r_\ce{Li+}<r_\ce{Na+}<r_\ce{K+}$...
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Which atom is the smallest atom?
Is hydrogen or helium the smallest atom? My teacher said that the smallest atom is the helium atom, but I think that the smallest atom is the hydrogen atom. It has a single electron and a single ...
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Why does magnesium have a greater ionization energy than lithium?
I'm a high school student and I'm learning about ionization energy and atomic radius of elements. I want to compare the ionization energy of lithium and magnesium.
Here is the information provided in ...
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Why is strontium(II) ion bigger than krypton atom?
$\ce{Sr^2+}$ is exactly the same as $\ce{Kr}$, in terms of electrons and orbitals.
The only difference between the two, is that $\ce{Sr^2+}$ has a couple of extra protons in the nucleus (and probably ...
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Why is the increase in covalent radius from As to Bi not as big as from N to P?
The following is the radius of Group $15$ elements:
$$\begin{array}{c|c} \hline
\text{Element} & \text{Covalent Radius }(\pu{pm}) \\ \hline
\ce{N} &75 \\
\ce{P} &110 \\
\ce{As} &...
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Covalent atomic radii: oxygen vs nitrogen
Many books state that $R_\ce{N} > R_\ce{O}$ which is in accordance with the general trend. However, some books say that $R_\ce{O} > R_\ce{N}$ because of repulsion caused by pairing of electrons.
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Why doesn't core charge increase down a group? [closed]
Atomic radius increases down a group because the electrons feel a lesser attraction to the positive nucleus (due to shielding from inner shells). Why then, doesn't core charge decrease seeing as core ...
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Why is the strontium ion smaller than the potassium ion? [closed]
The ionic radius of the $\ce{Sr^2+}$ ion is $\mathrm{132\,pm}$, while the ionic radius of the $\ce{K^+}$ ion is $\mathrm{152\,pm}$. Why is this the case? I would have thought that since $\ce{K^+}$ has ...
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Why is platinum denser than gold?
The atomic masses of gold and platinum are 196.96657 u and 195.084 u respectively, meaning that (on average) an individual gold atom is heavier than an individual platinum atom.
At the same time, the ...
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Shielding effects and atomic size [closed]
The atomic size on going from aluminum to gallium decreases because of poor shielding effect of the $(n-1)d$ electrons, but on going from copper to zinc, the size increases due to the same shielding ...
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Relationship between electronegativity and atomic radius [closed]
Would someone please explain in detail the relationship between the two? I understand that atomic radius is related to ionisation energy but I can't see how atomic radius may be related to ...
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Lanthanoid Contraction
Why is the radius of Europium so unusually high and out of the general trend ? Moreover, at different sources I am getting different values of radii. In some (e.g., Wikipedia) the radii are following ...
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Why are the Covalent Radii of Ruthenium and Osmium So Similar?
Osmium and Ruthenium have covalent radii 144 and 146 respectively (according to Wikipedia).
How are these values so similar when Osmium has 32 more electrons, with another filled p, s, and f orbital ...
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Mismatch in the trends of atomic size and atomic radius
In the periodic table, the atomic radius decreases as we move from left to right in a period. However, the atomic volume should also decrease as a result of the decrease in atomic radius, as volume is ...
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Which element has larger atomic radius -- beryllium or xenon?
I say that xenon radius is smaller comparing to beryllium, but my friend says otherwise.
What I think is that xenon is down in periodic table comparing to beryllium (3 periods down) and it's far ...
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Is there regular decrease in atomic radii of 3d series?
The following fragment of the table of atomic radii from CrystalMaker — Elements, Atomic Radii and the Periodic Table shows a regular decrease in the atomic radius of 3d series:
Table of Atomic Radii
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Why the radius of noble gases is more than the halogens or the previous groups?
Noble gases have larger radii than that of halogens.
Sometimes it is greater than the radius of group I elements.
Why is it like that? When we talk about radii of noble gases, what type of radius is ...
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Trend in atomic radius for noble gases
In an exam, we were given the following graph and asked to explain why the slope of the change in r vs. Z changes dramatically at a point along the curve. I understand that the d block causes the ...
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Why is the ionic radius of Al(3+) smaller than that of Li+?
I was examining the ionic radii of some ions from this site for a school assignment. I noticed a weird anomaly in the ionic radius of $\ce{Li+}$ as compared to that of $\ce{Al}^{3+}$.
The ionic ...
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Why is there a discrepancy among sources on the atomic radius of some elements?
My book says the atomic radius of gallium is less than that of aluminium, but I found out different atomic sizes on different sites.
For example, this says gallium is 136 pm and aluminium is 118 pm, ...
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Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions
Apparently the of last four, $\ce{Mg^2+}$ is closest in radius to $\ce{Li+}$. Is this true, and if so, why would a whole larger shell ($\ce{Mg^2+}$) be closer in radius to $\ce{Li+}$ than its ...
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Ionization energy and Electron Affnity
Which of the following statements correctly interprets the relationship between ionization energy, atomic radius Electron affinity when comparing two atoms.
The correct choice as per my instructor ...
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Why do some elements such as polonium not follow the trend of decreasing atomic radius?
Most of the periodic table follows the trend of increasing radius as you move down a family and decreasing radius as you move across a period. Why is this trend not observed for polonium?
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Variation in atomic sizes in the transition elements
From left to right across a period, effective nuclear charge increases in the transition series, just like in the p block, and so atomic size decreases. Here the electrons are being added to the d ...
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Why are the atomic radii of iron, cobalt, nickel, and copper almost the same?
We have to select the set of elements which will have almost the same atomic radii:
$\ce{O, S, Se, Te}$
$\ce{Li, Be, B, C}$
$\ce{Fe, Co, Ni, Cu}$
I googled the atomic radii of the third set and ...
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Variation in atomic radii of elements in different blocks?
If we look at the values for the atomic radii (look at the table here), we can see that they rapidly decrease across the period initially. Looking at the second period,
The graph is pretty steep ...
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Atomic radii of Sc, Ti, Fe, and Co
The atomic radius of Sc is $\pu{162pm}$, Ti is $\pu{147pm}$, $\ce{Fe}$ is $\pu{126pm}$, and that of $\ce{Co}$ is $\pu{125pm}$.
The electronic configuration of $\ce{Fe}$ is $\ce{[Ar] 3d^6 4s^2}$, and ...
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