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I see what you are talking about. The radius goes down because of the increasing protons in the nucleus and same amount of shielding electrons.It is a mistake

planauts

by planauts at January 24, 2011

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It depends, atoms will follow the general trend, with the bottom left having the biggest atomic radii. In ionic radii however, not only are there less electrons to form new shells, but also the fact that the protons will compress the electron shells due to the electromagnetism force.

Laus_Deo Laus_Deo January 25, 2011

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