ionic radius

• an extra thing to help w/ identifying which ion is greater, use these ideas

  • the order of ion size from greatest to smallest is: anion (-), neutral, cation (+)

  • when ordering the size of ions, first consider the charge of the ion

    • if it is an anion, it will be greater regardless of the # of electrons and vice versa

  • once the ions have been separated by charge, identify the # of electrons and sort from there

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8q1GIQ-H4 <- use this link for more info