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3.12  Consider the following species :  N^{3-} , O ^{2- } , F^- , Na ^+ , Mg ^{2+ }, Al ^{3+} 

(b)    Arrange them in the order of increasing ionic radii.

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Given species N^{3-} , O ^{2- } , F^- , Na ^+ , Mg ^{2+ }, Al ^{3+}.

As we know that the ionic radii of isoelectric species increases with a decrease in the magnitude of nuclear charge.

So, here is the increasing ionic radii arrangement :

Al^{3+}<Mg^{2+}<Na^{+}<F^{-}<O^{2-}<N^{3-}

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Divya Prakash Singh

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