which one is bigger in size among chlorine atom and chloride ion
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chlorine atom
how
atom is the smallest
Because the nucleus can't hold the 18 electrons in the Cl- ion as tightly as the 17 electrons in the neutral atom.
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the bigger is the chloride atom
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The negative ion is significantly larger than the atom from which it forms. For the same reason, positive ions should be smaller than the atoms from which they are formed.
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