Why P atom has bigger size than N?
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Nitrogen's atomic radii is larger than both Oxygen and Fluorine because when you move from left to right in a period the number of protons increase but since the shell number remains the same the effective nuclear charge on the outer most/ valence electrons increases which try to exert more force to pull the electrons...
Answer:
The larger size of an atom of phosphorus (P) results in less electron repulsion when the first and second electrons are added, compared with the smaller atom of nitrogen (N).
Explanation:
If we locate nitrogen and phosphorus on the periodic table, we will find that they both reside in group 15, with nitrogen in period two and phosphorus in period three. This means phosphorus has more occupied electron shells than nitrogen. So nitrogen will have a smaller atomic radius.