Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test

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you move towards fluorine.


Atomic Radius We can think of an atom as being roughly spherical, with the
nucleus at the center of the sphere. Electrons move about in orbitals within the
sphere. Every atomic sphere has a radius, which is known as atomic radius—the
distance from its center to the edge. The larger the atom, the greater its radius.

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