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Periodic Table Trend
Periodic Table Trends
Question | Answer |
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What is atomic radius? | The atomic radius is the radius of an atom. |
What is Ionic radius? | The ionic radius is the radius of an ion. |
What is Ionization energy? | Ionization energy is the measure of how hard it is to remove an electron from an atom. |
What is electronegativity? | Electronegetivity is an atom's ability to attract electrons in a covalent bond. |
What is the trend of atomic radius? | The atomic radius increases down a group because as more energy levels are added the atom gets larger. The atomic radius decreases across a period because in the same energy level as the number of protons increase, the charge of the atom becomes greater |
What is the trend of atomic radius? (cont.) | the outermost electron cloud is pulled closer to the nucleus and the atoms becomes more compacted, thus making the radius smaller. |
What is the trend of Ionization energy? | Ionization energy increases across a period because as the charge of the atom gets stronger then the harder it becomes to pull an electron out. Ionization energy decreases down a group because as an atom gets larger, it becomes less compacted thus |
What is the trend of Ionization energy? (cont.) | making it easier to remove an electron from it. |
What is the trend of electronegetivity? | Electronegetivity increases across a period because elements on the right want to gain an electron to become a stable element (noble gas). Electronegetivity decreases down a group because as more electron shells are added the pull is less stronger so it |
What is the trend of electronegetivity? (cont.) | becomes harder to attract electrons. |