NEETChemistryClassification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Which of the following options explain why cations are smaller and anions larger in radii than their parent atoms?
Options
- ACations have fewer protons, resulting in a smaller effective nuclear charge, while anions have more protons, l
- BCations have gained electrons, resulting in a smaller electron cloud, while anions have lost electrons, leadin
- CCations have lost electrons, resulting in a smaller electron cloud, while anions have gained electrons, leadin
- DCations and anions have the same number of electrons, but cations have a smaller number of protons in the nucl
Correct answer
C. Cations have lost electrons, resulting in a smaller electron cloud, while anions have gained electrons, leadin
Step-by-step solution
Correct Option is : (C) Cations have lost electrons, resulting in a smaller electron cloud, while anions have gained electrons, leading to a larger electron cloud.