Question

Does the alpha effect apply to third row elements?

Answer 1

This is caused by theincrease in the number of protons and electrons across a period. One proton has a greater effect than one electron; thus, electrons arepulled towards the nucleus, resulting in a smallerradius.Atomic radius increases from top to bottomwithin a group. This iscaused by electron shielding.

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