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Chloride is nearly twice the size of chlorine even though it only gains one electron. Explain why.

Chloride is nearly twice the size of chlorine even though it only gains one electron. Explain why.
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Chloride is nearly twice the size of chlorine even though it only gains one electron. Explain why.

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Chloride is nearly twice the size of chlorine due to the fact that when it does gain an electron, the atomic radius also increases. Chloride ion has a bigger atomic radius due to an increase in number of electrons

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