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 The effect of increasing the atomic number (and total number of electrons) for ions of equal charge and the effect of changing the coordination number.  The radii increase with increasing total number of electrons downward in table.  Ionic radius also increases with increasing coordination number, the electron cloud is drawn out by the presence of more surrounding ions.
 
Coordination number, C.N.  depends on the relative size of the ions.  If all of the atoms in a crystal are the same size, then there are two ways to pack the atoms to form a crystal structure.  In this case, the maximum number of atoms that be coordinated around any individual is 12.  We call this 12-fold coordination.