Question

What is ionic size?

Answer 1

As the name says on the tin, the ionic radius is the radius of the TYPICAL ion of a given atom...

Explanation:

![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic_radius]()

And as is typical, metals, electron-rich materials from the left and side of the Periodic Table tend to lose electrons to form cations, i.e. `M^+`, and `M^(2-)`; non-metals, smaller atoms from the right-hand side of the Periodic Table as we face it, tend to gain electrons, they tend to be reduced, and form LARGE anions...