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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Why Ni & Co has same size though they have different atomic number?

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
Hello student,
The answer is sheilding effect.The atomic size of Fe, Co, Ni is almost same because the attraction due to increase in nuclear charge is cancelled by the repulsion because of increase in shielding effect.