21 Chemistry -- Classification of Elements and Periodic Table

Size of the cation is smaller than the size of parent atom. Explain.

Size of the cation is smaller than the size of parent atom. Explain.


Ans: Size of cation is smaller than the size of parent atom because as parent atom loses electron and form cation where number of proton becomes more than number of electron and attractive force increases so radius decreases.

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Which is bigger Li+ or Na+?

SimilarlyLi+would be the smallest because it has only 2 electrons and therefore the least electron- electron repulsion. When comparing F- and Na +, we have to be careful, as both of them have 10 electron,SoNa+is smaller due to thelargerattractive force of the protons.
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