Question
Account for the following:
i. Which is smaller $\mathrm{Fe}^{2+}$ or $\mathrm{Fe}^{3+}$, why?
ii. Chlorine (Cl) have more negative electron gain enthalpy than Fluorine (F).
[Atomic no.: $\mathrm{F}=9, \mathrm{Cl}=17]$
iii. Anions are bigger in size than their parent atom.

Answer

i. $\mathrm{Fe}^{3+}$ ion is smaller than $\mathrm{Fe}^{2+}$ due to greater effective nuclear charge. In $\mathrm{Fe}^{3+}, 26$ protons attract 23 electrons more strongly than $\mathrm{Fe}^{2+}$ in which 26 protons attract 24 electrons.
ii. It is due to less inter electronic repulsion in 'Cl' than F as ' F ' is smaller in size than Cl .
iii. Anions are formed when a neutral atom gains one or more electrons. Since, the number of electrons increases and the number of protons remains same, the effective nuclear charge decreases which results in decrease in ionic radii.

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