Question

Explain the terms using suitable diagrams and equations wherever necessary: Atomic

Radius, Ionisation Potential, Electron Affinity, Electronegativity, Metallic Character,

Non-metallic Character.​

Answer 1

Answer:

A drug is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body's function either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be legal (e.g. alcohol, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal (e.g. cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin).

Answer 2

Answer:

Metallic character:

This is due to the increasing attraction between valence electrons and the nucleus across the period. o Increases down a group. This is because the atomic size is increasing, which causes the outer electron shells to be farther away.