NCERT Class XI Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties Solutions

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Question : 12
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Consider the following species : N3,O2,F,Na+,Mg2+ and Al3+
(a) What is common in them?
(b) Arrange them in the order of increasing ionic radii.
Solution:  
(a) All these are isoelectronic species as they are having same number of electrons i.e., 10.
(b) As Z/e decreases, size increases so, order should be,
N3 > O2 > F > Na+ > Mg2+ > Al3+.
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