Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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Chapter 4, Problem 18E
Explain why the s block in the periodic table has only two columns while the p block has six.
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Which of the following metals would be expected to have the smallest atomic radius?
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The ratio of bonding radius to first ionization energy is smaller in 4A
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Group 4A elements are more electronegative than the elements of Group 5A
Group 5A half-filled p-subshells discourage the addition of an electron
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Going from the left to right in the periodic table, the size changes among the transition elements are more gradual than those among
the representative elements. Select all that help explain why this is true.
O The electrons that are added from one element to another enter an outer (n - 1)d subshell.
O The electrons that are added from one element to another enter an inner (n - 1)d subshell.
O The outer electrons for the transition elements are in the ns orbital.
O The inner electrons for the transition elements are in the ns orbital.
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