size chlorine is amaller than that of sodium why because chlorine has the atomic no. 17 whereas that of sodium is 11.
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the size of the atom depends upon the number of electrons in it as well as number of orbitals.
now sodium has only 11 electrons and the clorine has 17 such that it had many orbitals and electrons so the size of chlorine atom is bigger than the sodium atom
now sodium has only 11 electrons and the clorine has 17 such that it had many orbitals and electrons so the size of chlorine atom is bigger than the sodium atom
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