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The trend of atomic and ionic radii of the period three elements

Answer Text:
The trend of atomic and ionic radii.
- The atomic radii of period 3 elements decrease across the period.
Reason.
- For the same number of energy levels the number of protons in the nucleus increases across the period; this leads to the increase in nuclear charge while the shielding effect remains the same hence decrease in atomic radius across the period.