Question

Define atomic radius and ionization energy.Describe how atomic size and ionization energy are related.Describe how an atom becomes an ion.Discuss why certain atoms become more stable cations, and others tend to become more stable anions, while some do not tend to form ions at all.

Answer 1

Atomic radius is a measure of size of atoms. It is the mean distance of nucleas from sorrounding cloud of electrons.

Ionisation energy is defined as the energy required to remove outermost electron of an isolated gaseous atoms. Usually larger the size smaller is the atomic radii.

Atoms form ions either by:- gain of electrons to form anions, or loss of electrons to form cations. The ability of an atom to form ion depends on relative stability of its electronic configuration

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