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13 November, 14:13

What happens to the size of an atom as you down the periodic table?

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  1. 13 November, 15:21
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    Experiments have shown that the first case is what happens : the increase in nuclear charge overcomes the repulsion between the additional electrons in the valence level. Therefore, the size of atoms decreases as one moves across a period from left to right in the periodic table.
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