What is the size of boron in relation to oxygen and aluminum?
1 Answer
Atomic size decreases ACROSS a Period.........
Explanation:
Atomic size decreases ACROSS a Period, from left to right as we face the table. And INCREASES down a Group, a column of the Periodic Table. These are very important Periodic Trends that you should try to understand in detail, as they relate directly to atomic structure.
So
But the
I am unwilling to leave it here, in that as physical scientists, we should always interrogate data, and see if the numbers support our (maybe witless) argument.
This site reports that the atomic radii of
Note that in an exam you would never be expected to remember these data; however, you would be expected to interpret them.