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How does ionic radius increase?

Answer 1

Of course it depends on what ion you form...........

Reduction leads to an increase in the radius of the resultant ion, WITH RESPECT TO THE PARENT ATOM.....

And conversely, oxidation leads to a decrease in the radius of the resultant ion, WITH RESPECT TO THE PARENT ATOM.......

Well let's see if we can find some data........

Do these data support the given argument? It should, because atomic size is measured on the basis of the electronic radius of the valence electrons. And if we remove this valence electrons, by oxidation of say sodium or potassium or lithium to form #M^+# the data clearly show a DECREASE in the radius.

And upon reduction (of a non-metal), the added electrons are perforce directed to the valence shell, and thus, because electrons repel each other, the anionic radius is increased quite markedly with respect to the parent atom. The diagram uses units of #"picometres"#, #"1 pm"-=1xx10^-12*m#.

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Answer 2

Cooper Anderson

Ionic radius increases as you move from right to left across a period and from top to bottom within a group on the periodic table.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.