D datdat Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 5, 2009 Messages 221 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Pre-Dental Sep 8, 2009 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad from q.203, strontium cation is smaller than sulfer anion.... why this is true? Sr is way down from S so it's way bigger if though it looses some electrons... could anyone give me the clear reason for this?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad from q.203, strontium cation is smaller than sulfer anion.... why this is true? Sr is way down from S so it's way bigger if though it looses some electrons... could anyone give me the clear reason for this?
Z zellyen Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 21, 2009 Messages 310 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Sep 8, 2009 #2 usually cations hold onto their electrons tighter making them smaller than anions, but these two are actually kind of far apart so i am not sure Upvote 0 Downvote
usually cations hold onto their electrons tighter making them smaller than anions, but these two are actually kind of far apart so i am not sure
