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Trends in Atomic Size Trends in Ionization Energy Trends in Electron Affinity... 

The structural chemistry of the Group 14 elements affords abundant illustrations of the trends to be expected from increasing atomic size, increasing electropositivity and increasing tendency to form compounds, and these will become clear during the more detailed treatment of the chemistry in the succeeding sections. The often complicated stereochemistry of compounds (which arises from the presence of a nonbonding electron-pair on the metal) is... 

On the basis of the trend in atomic size, what trend is expected in the ionization energy E of the halogen atoms Compare your prediction with the actual trend in Eu given in Table 19-1. 

There are similar, but smaller, trends in the properties of elements in a column (a family) of the periodic table. Though the elements in a family display similar chemistry, there are important and interesting differences as well. Many of these differences are explainable in terms of atomic size. 

II. TRENDS IN INTERATOMIC DISTANCES NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE (Angstroms) ALKALINE EARTH ATOMIC SIZE... 

We see that, no matter what type of bonding situation is considered, there is a trend in size moving downward in the periodic table. The alkaline earth atoms become larger in the sequence Be < Mg < Ca < Sr < Ba. These atomic sizes provide a basis for explaining trends in many properties of the alkaline earth elements and their compounds. 

Because most of the volume of an atom is occupied by its electron cloud, the size of an atom is determined by the sizes of its orbitals. Atomic size follows these periodic trends ... 

The trend is consistent with our introduction to orbital overlap. Recall that bonding involves valence orbitals, and It Is the filled valence orbitals that determine the size of an atom. Because atomic size increases with the principal quantum number, bond lengths vary predictably with the -value of the valence orbitals. 

Hardness and softness are determined by atomic size, and the order of hardness in each of these sets is consistent with the size trends among the species. 

The computational bond-length variations in Table 4.53 exhibit the expected periodic trends. Most noticeably, third- and second-series elements for groups 4, 6, and 10 exhibit similar bond lengths, i.e., the post-lanthanide contraction with respect to the ordinary increase of atomic size with increasing Z. 

Although periodic trends in enthalpies of formation are often striking, these trends can in general not be used to estimate accurate data for compounds where experimental data are not available. Other schemes are frequently used and these estimates are often based on atomic size and electronegativity-related arguments. As an example, the enthalpy of formation of a ternary oxide from the binary constituent oxides, i.e. the enthalpy of a reaction like... 

The atoms of transition elements do not display the same general trend as the main group elements. A key reason for this is that electrons are added to inner energy levels — the d orbitals — rather than to the outer energy levels. As a result, Zgff changes relatively little, so atomic size remains fairly constant. In later chemistry courses, you will learn a more complete explanation for the atomic radii of transition-element atoms. 

Trends for electron affinity are more irregular than those for atomic radius and ionization energy, because factors other than atomic size and Zeff are involved. In future chemistry courses, you will learn about these factors and how they explain the irregularities. However, the property of electron affinity is still significant when you consider it in combination with ionization energy. The trends that result from this combination are important for chemical bonding. 

Sketch an outline of the periodic table and use it to compare the trends in atomic size, first ionization energy, and electron affinity. 

Summarize the trend in metallic character, and compare it to the trends for atomic size and ionization energy. 

The trends in first ionization energies, first electron attachment energies, atomic sizes and electronegativity coefficients of the elements across the groups and down the periods of the periodic classification. 

As a result there is a steady contraction from left to right The net effect of the top-to-bottom and the lefr-to-right trends is a discontinuous variation in atomic size There is a steady contraction with increasing atomic number until tliere is an increase in the principal quantum number. This causes an abrupt increase in size followed by a further decrease. 

The group 4A elements exemplify the increase in metallic character down a group in the periodic table Carbon is a nonmetal silicon and germanium are semimetals and tin and lead are metals. The usual periodic trends in atomic size, ionization energy, and electronegativity are evident in the data of Table 19.4. 

In addition to the information below, the periodic table shows trends in atomic size, ionization energy, electronegativity, valence electrons, and melting points. 

Group-18 Elements Noble Gases Increasing Decreasing Exceptions Trends Trends He Atomic size... 

Periodic trends—Going from left to right across a period, atomic size tends to decrease. This occurs because of an increase in nuclear charge, which pulls the electrons in more tightly (thus making the atoms smaller). The noble gases are the smallest elements in each period. 

D) The trend in the table is that lithium is bonded to elements that become progressively larger. For ionic compounds, the strength of the bonds decreases as atomic size increases. 

It has already been emphasized that within a family of non transition elements, metallic character increases with increase in atomic number, atomic weight, and atomic size. There is no better illustration of this trend than Periodic Group Vb the lightest members of the group, nitrogen (Z = 7), and phosphorus (Z — 15), are typical nonmetals, whereas the heaviest member, bismuth (Z = 83) is a typical metal. The remaining members, arsenic (Z = 33) and antimony (Z 51) are intermediate in character and are often appropriately called metalloids. 

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