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Periodic Trends
Term | Definition |
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Atomic Radius | Size of atom, distance from center of nucleus to the "edge" of the electron cloud . |
Shielding | the effective charge by energy levels |
effective nuclear charge | pull that e - feels from nucleus the closer the e-is to the nucleus the greater the charge |
Ionization energy | energy required to REMOVE an e- from an atom |
Electronegativity | measure of an atoms attraction from another atoms e- |
electron affinity | electron change that occurs when an atom gains an e- |