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Q. Which of the following ion is the largest in size?

AIPMTAIPMT 1996Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

Solution:

Since all of these ions contain 18 electrons each, so these are isoelectronic. For isoelectronic ions, smaller the positive nuclear charge, greater is the size of the ion.