Question

13. Base your answer to the following question on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

Answer 1

From our knowledge of periodic trends, the screening effect of the inner electrons outweigh the increase in nuclear charge causing the atomic radius to increase.

Periodic trends

The periodic trends are those properties that increase or decrease down the group or across the period. These periodic trends include;

• Ionization energy
• Electron affinity
• Atomic radius
• Ionic radius etc

As more shell are added down the group in group 14, the screening effect of the inner electrons outweigh the increase in nuclear charge causing the atomic radius to increase.

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