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[laundry]

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Sounds counter intuitive doesn't it

 

[Toothguy80]

It's Sunday, shouldnt you be doing laundry?😆

 

[RUmolarman]

not really. Besides the known trend of decreasing atomic radii across the periodic table... He is simply experiencing a more Effective Nuclear Charge. 2 protons means pulling the 2 electrons in stronger...right?

 

[laundry]

haha tooth, I hope you're applying to UCLA, would be fun havin u in my class (assuming i get in? 🙄)

And yes, I prolly should, but I work, so Sunday is a great day to study =)

As far as counterintuivity goes, I've spent a couple of mins and what RU said makes sense.