Answer:GASEOUS, LOWERING ,EMITTED AS HEAT, DOWN,DO NOT RELEASE,DECREASES,NEGATIVE.
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Lattice energy is associated with forming a crystalline lattice of alternating cations and anions from the _GASEOUS___________ ions.
Because the cations are positively charged and the anions are negatively charged, there is a LOWERING of potential- as described by Coulomb's law-when the ions come together to form a lattice energy.That energy is EMITTED AS HEAT when the lattice forms.
As the ionic radii increases as you move DOWN a group, ions cannot get as close to each other and therefore DO NOT RELEASE as much energy when the lattice forms. Thus the lattice energy DECREASES (becomes less) NEGATIVE as the radius increases.
The above gives the definition of Lattice Energy and how it relates to atomic and ion charge.
