General Chemistry 10th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Ionic and Covalent Bonding - Exercises - Page 345: 9.6

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that the ionic radii increases as we move down the group in periodic table due to extra electron shells. Hence $Mg^{+2}$ has the smallest ionic radius of the three.
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