I issa Senior Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Aug 24, 2005 Messages 561 Reaction score 0 Jul 18, 2007 #1 Members don't see this ad. can someone explain the answer to question 49 from test3 in dat achiever?
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issa said: can someone explain the answer to question 49 from test3 in dat achiever? Click to expand... The rule of thumb as mentioned in the solution is that: anions will be bigger than cations because the former will have less nuclear charge to pull and shrink the electron cloud, and hence look bigger. Hope this helps.🙂