Question

what happens to the radius of the atoms of an element as you go towards the right in a row of the periodic table ?

Answer 1

Answer:

It decreases

Explanation:

As one moves from left to right on the periodic table, the radius of atoms reduces due to the nuclear pull.

• The size of an atom estimated by the atomic radius is taken as half of the internuclear distance between the two covalently bonded atoms of non-metallic elements.
• Across a period, atomic radius decreases progressively from left to right.
• This is due to the increasing nuclear charge without attendant increase in the number of electronic shell.