Hello, I was implored by an Athenian mortal to bestow upon thy knowledge of the makings of this world.
I was asked to teach not only the concept of Atomic Radius but that of Electronegativity as well.
An atomic Radius is simply the distance between the outermost electrons in an Atom and the nucleus
It's a concept humans have calculated by measuring half the distance between two covalent atoms, covalent referring to the bond between an electron shared atoms
Coulombic attraction is actually another thing heavility related to this, as this basically determines the Atomic radius---
Yup! Coulombic attraction is the nucleus's ability to attract electrons, the higher the attraction the smaller the radius and vice versa.
For example Potassium or K on the periodic table is farther down than Lithium or Li and its atomic radius is 404 pm whilst Li is only 152 pm
don't forget to mention that atomic radius is measured in picometers, or pm.
Yes of course, and the reason for this trend is actually quite simple, care to explain?
Well as we head down on the periodic table the amount of energy levels increases, pushing the outermost electron farther and farther away
The reason for this is that as we move rightward we gain more protons which pulls in the electrons closer
For example, Neon Radius is 2081 pm whilsts Lithium whose on the same period is only 152 pm.
And as we head towards the right on the periodic table we actually increase in atomic radius. Care to give us an example?
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