Chapter 8, Problem 21QP

An ionic bond is formed between a cation ${\text{A}}^{\text{+}}$ and an anion ${\text{B}}^{\text{-}}$ Based on Coulomb's law

$E\alpha \frac{Q_1\times {\text{ Q}}_{\text{2}}}{d}$

how would the energy of the ionic bond be affected by the following changes: (a) doubling the radius of ${\text{A}}^{\text{+}}$, (b) tripling the charge on ${\text{A}}^{\text{+}}$, (c) doubling the charges on ${\text{A}}^{\text{+}}$ and ${\text{B}}^{\text{-}}$, (d) decreasing the radii of ${\text{A}}^{\text{+}}$ and ${\text{B}}^{\text{-}}$ ^- to half their original values?