General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 8 - Electron Configurations and Periodicity - Exercises - Page 320: 8.6

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that the radius decreases as we move across the period from left to right while it increases when we move down the group. Thus, in increasing order of radius $Be, Mg, Na$
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