Interpretation:
The effective nuclear charge of 4-p electrons in gallium is 6.22 irrespective of the 18 additional electrons with it and the deviation should be explained.
Concept Introduction:
Periodic Table: The available chemical elements are arranged considering their
In periodic table the horizontal rows are called periods and the vertical column are called group.
In periodic table the horizontal rows are called periods and the vertical column are called group. There are seven periods and 18 groups present in the table and some of those groups are given special name as follows,
Atomic Number: Atomic number of the element is equal to the number of protons present in the nucleus of the element which is denoted by symbol Z. The superscript presents on the left side of the
Atomic radius:
Atomic radius is the distance between the atomic nucleus and outermost electron of an atom. From the atomic radius, the size of atoms can be visualized. But there is no specific distance from nucleus to electron due to electron cloud around the atom does not have well-defined boundary.
The atomic size follow the regular trend that it gets decreases as we move from left to right of the table and gets increases as we go from top to bottom of the table.
Shielding effect: The outermost electrons present in the element gets shielded or screened from the nuclear charge by electron present near to the nucleus that is the electrons that surrounds the nucleus.
Effective nuclear charge: It is the charge experienced by the valence electrons from the nucleus.
To determine: The reason for less effective nuclear charge for the gallium atom irrespective of electrons present in it.
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