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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryClassification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesJEE Main

The smallest among the following ions is

Answer: (D)

Solution

Ionic size decreases as nuclear charge (and ionic charge, for similarly-shelled ions) increases, since the same or fewer electrons are pulled in more strongly. has the highest charge and, together with and ,

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