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I don't see it in my chemistry book (chang's general chemistry) could you tell me what topic of chemistry will help me to understand this? Thanks so much!

No? But i thought tht smaller radius means tht the nucleus has a tighter hold on the valence electron ths increasing the ionization energy? Would u please correct my misunderstanding here?

a clearer question is: Why doesn't non-metals in the (n+1)th shell have greater radius than metals in the nth shell although it is the case for metals in the n+1 th shell?

ok I'm wrong here about the trend so we actually have to look at the trend in atomic radius of metals and non-metals separately. Why?

Why do metals generally have lower ionization energies than non-metals? I mean, doesn't ionization energy depend on the atomic radius? And the atomic radius is in turn dependent on the shell and the protons. According to these factors, the atomic radius of Sodium should be smaller than...

Thank you for your reply. :D That's not my question tho but i'll think abt it more and post some more questions may be I'm confusing myself :(

Half-cell potential? According to an online chemistry website ( www.chem1.com) If the half-cell potential for Zn/Zn+ electrode is defined as the potential difference between a piece of metallic zinc and the solution when the reaction Zn2+ + 2e- -> Zn (s) takes place. That is E cell = V...