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Also keep in mind that if the rate law contains multiple molecules, you can still find the rate of the reaction in relation to one specific molecule my setting the rate law equal to the instantaenous rate law and solving for your molecule.

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mc(delta)T=mc(delta)T
One for the water values and one for the copper values

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It is possible to have fractional orders however, this is out of the scope of this class and you wouldn't be required to know this.

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No, only when you are looking at an elementary step or the rate determining step

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Is there any formulas or a special way to solve this? I just used random problem solving to get the answer, but is there a specific way to do this with the half-life formula?

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Can someone please explain how you know when a reaction is kinetically or thermodynamically controlled? Also, what does it mean when a reaction is kinetically or thermodynamically trapped?

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Since the rate law includes both parts from the first and second equations, you need both. Therefore, since the slow step involves both the reactants, it would be the second equation that has both.

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You can only use the coefficients when you are looking at an elementary step or a rate determining step

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As long as the initial reactants is higher than the final products, the heights of the intermediates do not matter

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I am really confused on this problem and why the answer did not include Cl- in the products for the final equation. The Cl- doesn't cancel out with anything in the other equations...

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I believe this just means that you should be able to use the equation to solve for one of those if given to you as an unknown

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No, because the Pt does not react with the other elements, you do not write it in the equation

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You don't change the sign of the potential because when you use the equation E = right - left, the signs get switched for you

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Is there some relationship between Ecell and E^ocell that would help you to determine which element in the problem would be the product or which would be the reactant. I did everything correctly, however, I just don't understand how you would know which is which when determining Q.

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Could someone please explain how we know which element is the product or reactant in this problem? I did everything correctly but instead, I put Zinc as the reactant when I solved for Q and I got the wrong answer. I assumed Zinc was the reactant because it is the anode in this equation and that's wh...

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The way I was taught was to solve both the same way as if under acid conditions and then for the basic conditions after you've solved it then you add an equivalent amount of OH- to both sides as there are H+. Thus, when you have for example 6OH- and 6H+ on one side it will create 6H20.

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Also, if the voltage is negative, it will not spontaneously react, however, if you add a current to the reactions (adding energy) it can still proceed.

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When you have a cell diagram and you have the Standard Cell Potential, does flipping which half-rxn is the cathode and which is the anode change the sign of the cell potential? Can you even do that? And what if you keep each as half-rxn as it is but just flip where they are in the cell diagram, how ...

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For problem 6L7 part A: AgBr(s) = Ag+(aq) + Br-(aq) For questions like these when you only have one reactant and it is a solid, how do you know how to break it down in the anode and cathode half-reactions? Is it problem by problem-based or is there a set of rules that you can follow to know how to d...

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For questions 6L5 part b: Ce4+(aq) + I-(aq) = I2(s) + Ce3+(aq)
The answer for the cell diagram has platinum on both sides, why do you put platinum on the left side with the Iodine if there is a solid form of it?

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Boltzmann's' constant can also be expressed in this way:
Kb * Avogadro's number = R

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I know that at constant pressure delta H = qp
Is there anything specific that delta H is equal to for constant temperature? Or constant volume?

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Can someone please explain why in the practice problem today in class we set delta G equal to zero to find out at what temperature the reaction will be spontaneous?

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Yes, but most of the time I believe the question will refer to Cv

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At constant pressure q = delta H

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A closed system means that the matter can not leave and matter can not come in. However, energy in the form of heat can leave/enter. That's probably why you said does not insulate, because the temp can change.

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In the case of isothermic reversible reactions, the pressure decreases thus is not constant. That is why you have to use this equation: -nRTlog (V2/V1)

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Could someone please organize all the equations that are specific to a system that has constant Pressure, a system that has constant volume and an isothermal (constant temperate) system. I feel like there are so many equations that get mixed up and I'm not sure when to use which one.

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When the standard Gibbs free energy of formation is considered thermodynamically stable when it is negative because the pure compound is then considered to have a lower Gibbs free energy than the Gibbs free energy of the pure elements which would mean that the pure element would have the tendency to...

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I believe that the "end" of each week for the chemistry community is on Sunday.

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They are not equal values, however, they are proportional

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You can look at it as the sum of Bonds Broken - the sum of Bonds Formed
This will get you the delta H value.

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You can think about it like this. K is the products over reactants, so therefore anytime the reactants are waayyyyyyyy more than the products it is weak, more specifically when the ratio makes the K value less than 10^-3. This is regardless if it's an acid or base. so Ka>10 3 is a strong acid? Yes ...

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When you are calculating the difference of energy used to raise the temperature, why does the expansion of the volume change the amount of heat change?

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When would we have to know which one of the two to use?

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When you are using a calorimeter to find temperature change, do you have to account for the amount of heat absorbed by the calorimeter? Or would this value be negligible?

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When gas is allowed to expand reversibly and isothermally, it uses the most amount of work because of the infinitely small change.

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In the phase change of water, there is a plateau point when the temperature isn't changing but the ice turns to water or the water turns to steam, but does that also occur for other molecules? And if so, would they have similar looking graphs?

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Can someone please explain why for a closed system the energy is able to be released? Isn't it logical to think that because the system is CLOSED, it is closed off from the surroundings and isn't affected by it?

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In the example he gave in class, the value for the concentration of H3O+ would have been so low that it would be lower than the standard concentration in normal water. Therefore, since it logically doesn't make sense for acid to make the solution more basic, we just regard the addition of the molecu...

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You can think about it like this. K is the products over reactants, so therefore anytime the reactants are waayyyyyyyy more than the products it is weak, more specifically when the ratio makes the K value less than 10^-3. This is regardless if it's an acid or base.

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there are many possible equations to illustrate a proton transfer. A proton is just an H+ atom and so it is common to see this transferred from an acid to a water molecule to make H3O+ in an acid equilibrium equation.

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This equation has many uses, however, the one that Lavelle talked about in class is when you want to convert pressure to concentration as the following:
PV=nRT
P=(n/V)RT
P=concRT
Conc=P/RT

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You are correct that that the concentration change is insignificant. You definitely need some of the solid and liquid to make the product, but the concentration difference is negligible.

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I think in the case of calculations we say the temperature increase from the neutralization reaction (from the formation of a O-H bond) is negligible and therefore, the K doesn't change

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It's also good to mention that if the pressure is increased by making the volume half it will not shift the reaction either way IF there is an equal amount of moles of gas on both sides

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You also do this because the activity of water is said to be one and thus when you multiply by one, it does not change the K value

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For this question, I keep getting my answer to be 3.9... in my calculator but the answer in the book is 3.88. I didn't round any of my answers but I'm not getting the same number, does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

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If you want to convert from concentration to partial pressure you have to use the ideal gas law: PV=nRT
P=(n/V)RT
P=ConcRT
Cont=P/RT

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We don't include solids or liquids because, in the grand scheme of the reaction, only a negligible amount is used and therefore doesn't affect the equilibrium constant.

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When you are doing the ice tables, the number in front of the x is equal to the stoichiometric coefficient. Here's an example with different coefficients: N2 + 3H2 = 2NH3 x 3x 2x And now when you are writing the equilibrium constant, K, you have to use those stoichiometric coefficients to raise to t...

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So to understand this, you have to understand the equation. K is the product over the reactant at equilibrium. Q is also the product of the reactant.. but not at equilibrium. Therefore when Q<K, how could that be? Well if you look at the formula, it means that Q must have more reactants because it's...

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Because the oxygen molecule is very small and cannot reach far enough to make bonds. The reason why other molecules are polydentate is because they have long chain structures or are at least more spaced out and can reach closer to make more bonds.

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Dirty coal has sulfur in it and clean coal has very minimal, almost negligible amounts.

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It can either mono bi dentate. This depends which oxygen on molecule is making the bond. Because it is trigonal planar, if the transition metal cation is in-between two of the oxygens, it can make two bonds, however, if the cation is directly across from an O, it will only be able to make one bond.

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I don't think you would be considered wrong, but to be safe, you should make sure to have the O be the one that binds to the coordination compounds. So depending on what side of the transition metal it is on, will determine if you write H2O or OH2

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Yes, if one of the attached atoms is different, it is polar.

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The HOCl bond is longer than the HOF bond. Therefore, since the stability and thus electronegativity doesn't matter, it is the length of the bond that does.

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For problem 6.21 in the homework, it says that the given molecule can only accept two protons. My first guess would be that it could accept 6 because of the two lone pairs on each oxygen and then the one lone pair on the two nitrogens. Why can't the oxygens accept protons?

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When he said negatively charged, he basically meant that the acid was dissociated. This is because for example when HCl dissociates, the Cl is negative

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Why is SO3 considered acidic in water? What properties make this so? I know that it creates H2SO4 in water, but how does this make it a lewis acid?

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For question 6A.13, it asks you to draw the lewis structure or symbol for Ag+. How do you know how many valence electrons to draw for the transition metals? For instance, for O, you know it has 6 valence electrons because it is in row 16, but how does this work for the middle elements?

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Is a molecule that is considered a lewis acid also considered a Bronsted acid and vice versa?

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The polydentate ligand binds to a central metal cation. Because polydentate ligands are normally long stands with multiple binding sites, the long molecule can bend and naturally arrange itself around the central atom, thus forming the chelate or ring-like structure.

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Search up "The Organic Chemistry Tutor" on youtube. He literally has everything and is one of the best online resources for chemistry videos

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When a molecule is reduced that means it is gaining electrons. A way to remember this is through Oil Rig. Oxidation Is Losing (electrons) Reduction Is Gaining (electrons)

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We have only gone over the equation pH=-log(H+) and pH=-log(OH-) so I believe these are the only calculation (at least so far) that we will have to do regarding pH

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The most important thing to know is that it always results in the formation of H2O and often results in the formation of a salt.

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Hybridization in a way is the combination of two orbitals. For example, the S orbital and the P orbital in SP3 hybridization. The S orbital has a spherical shape while the P orbital has a 3D infinity sign shape (sorry I don't have a better name for this but you can google a picture). Thus, when hybr...

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No, because the formula doesn't change based on the concentration. This would just result in a negative pH, which is possible for some superacids

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I don't think we necessarily have to memorize any strong acids and bases because Lavelle said that if it is a weak acid or base then we will get a Ka or Kb in the problem and that will be an indicator that it is weak. Otherwise, if there is no equilibrium constant in the equation, then we assume it ...

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The way that you can deduce this formula from the name is that first it starts with potassium - K, you don't know how many yet, but you know the first atom is K, and because K is a positive cation, it is outside of the brackets. Then for hexacyanido - hexa means 6 and cyanido means CN-. Then you hav...

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I believe that it can either be one lone pair or two lone pairs that make a linear shape. Because a molecule with three lone pairs and two atoms would give you a linear geometry.

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For part a and c the metal atom is changed to end in "ate" , but in part b and d, it is not. Can someone please explain why this is?

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I know that we don't have to be able to identify if a coordination compound is one or the other, but were there any compounds that were discussed in lecture that the shapes were specifically given as square planar or tetrahedral?

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The pdf that is on Lavelle's website has two columns for the names of ligands. Are we supposed to know the "Name" column or the "New IUPAC Name Convention"?

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In the lewis structure for CN-, both the C and the N have a lone pair. So why is it the C that donates the lone pair when forming a coordination compound? Would it be wrong to show the N making the coordinate covalent bond?

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Could someone please explain the answer to this homework question? Also, what does it mean by the "s-character" or the hybrid? Question: "Noting that the bond angle of an sp3 hybridized atom is 109.5 degrees and that of an sp2 hybridized atom is 120 degrees, do you expect the bond ang...

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Also, sometimes when adding a different, more electronegative atom, the bond angles can change. For example, CCl4 and CCl3F have the same molecular geometry but slightly different bond angles.

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Polarity is a combination of the molecular geometry and the electronegativity. For example, a linear molecule such as BeH2 is not polar because the central atom has two atoms of equal electronegativity on either side and the dipole moments cancel each other out. However for a linear molecule such as...

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For Lewis Dot structures, both would be technically correct. So not it doesn't matter. However, the structure with the hydrogen atoms drawn diagonally helps show the molecular geometry of the molecule.

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I think the exact answer is 107, however, for this class, I believe we only need to know that it is slightly less than 109.5. So I wouldn't worry about that

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In the homework, it asks what is the expected bond length in ClO2+ I thought that since it is a bent molecule with one lone pair that the answer would be less than 180 degrees because it is less than linear, and also in the example of H20, the angle is 120 degree and H2O has two lone pairs so, there...

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The shape matters because of the available surface area. For example, two rod shaped molecules will be able to have more of their surface area (more of their electron clouds) near each other and this will strengthen the interaction. On the other hand, two spherical shaped molecules will have less of...

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Coordinate Covalent Bonds are also important in relation to lewis acids and lewis bases. A lewis base is a molecule that gives both of its electrons away to form the coordinate covalent bond while a lewis acid is a molecule that accepts both of the electrons.

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The energy to separate two atoms isn't a value you will have to memorize. Rather if it is needed in the context of a problem, it will most likely be given to you.

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You know a molecule has a dipole moment when there is an unequal sharing of the electron. The dipole moment is larger when the difference in electronegativity is greater. The reason why the arrow points towards the partially charged atom is because that is the direction that the electron is being pu...

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In topic 2A.3 in the book, it talked about lattice energy. Do we need to understand this concept for the midterm?

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This is because the electron configuration for neutral Co is [Ar]3d74s2 and when you take off electrons, you take them from the 4s level instead of the 3d because the 4s is technically in a lower energy state. For these problems, it always helps to write the neutral configuration first and then take...

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The trend for electronegativity is increasing upwards and to the right. Florine is thus the most electronegative element on the periodic table. Therefore, if you are ever comparing the ionic character of a single element (carbon for example) with various other elements, fluorine will thus have the g...

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You know that the unpaired electron is on the oxygen atom because oxygen is more electronegative and thus wants the electron more.

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"Describe the interpretation of atomic orbitals in terms of probability"
Can someone please explain this?

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Can someone please explain why the C-F bond is stronger than the C-Cl bond? Is it because of electronegativity?

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I just placed the potassium atoms floating outside of/around the central phosphorous atom and then bracketed each atom to show the individual charges. How do you know that the potassium ions do not covalently bond to the phosphorus atom? What is the clue that tells you that the 3 K atoms are merely...

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When there are electrons in the 3d block and the 4s block, you typically take away the 4s electrons first. This is because 4s is in a slightly higher energy state than the 3d block. Because the 4s electrons have higher energy, they are the first to go when losing electrons, since they are further fr...

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Because they are isoelectronic, the shielding effect will be different and the strength of the positive nuclear pull will be less on the P atom because the proton to electron ratio is lower. And thus, because there is a weaker relative positive charge pulling on the electrons in the atoms with fewer...

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I agree with the above response, that most of the time you want to draw the one with the lowest formal charge. One kind of short-cut that I've noticed from doing problems that helps me is that when Oxygen has two covalent bonds and 4 lone pairs, it formal charge is zero and when carbon has four cova...

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The question is the same as asking you to find the electron configuration of an ion with a 2+ charge... but backward. So, in this case, you have to see what element lines up with the [Ar]3d7 and then identify the ion that it would be. In the case of a) the answer would be the Co 2+ ion -- this is be...

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Benzene is a unique, ring-like structure that is very common in organic chemistry. I think the reason he showed us the "resonance hybrid" is to illustrate to us that the double bonds don't actually belong to any single pair of atoms. However, for other molecules that have resonance, specif...

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I believe that one of the most important factors is the distance the valence electron is away from the nucleus. This is because this affects not only the atomic radius but also the ionization energy and electron shielding. Otherwise, I think that ionization energy and the nuclear charge would be the...

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