Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0132525763
ISBN 13: 978-0-13252-576-3

Chapter 12 - Stoichiometry - 12 Assessment - Page 416: 90

Answer

Sodium is larger. Remember atom size increases as you go down in groups (extra orbitals) and decreases as you move across a period (because of increased contraction from the inc number of protons pulling the electrons).

Work Step by Step

Sodium is larger. Remember atom size increases as you go down in groups (extra orbitals) and decreases as you move across a period (because of increased contraction from the inc number of protons pulling the electrons).
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