You will appreciate that the ionization enthalpy and atomic

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You will appreciate that the ionization enthalpy and atomic radius are closely related properties To understand these trends we have to consider two factors i the attraction of electrons towards the nucleus and ii the repulsion of electrons from each other The effective nuclear charge experienced by a valence electron in an atom will be less than AH kJ mol 550 500 450 400 350 0 60 Li 520 10 Na 496 K 419 Rb 403 20 30 40 Atomic number 2 Cs 374 50 60 3 6 b O of elements of the second period as a