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Does the radius of magnesium increase or decrease as it loses electrons?

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The answer to your question is decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

Magnesium is an alkali earth metal, atomic number 12, that means that has 2 electrons in the outermost shell. So it can loses 2 electrons.

The atomic radius of magnesium is 160 pm while its ionic radius is 72 pm, so , when it loses electrons, its radius diminishes.

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