Question

Fluorine, chlorine, and bromine all have seven valence electrons. which element has the largest atomic radius?

Answer 1

The largest atomic radius correspond to Bromine. The order is

Fluorine > Chlorine > Bromine.

Step-by-step explanation:

Atomic radius is a property that has the following trend: When you look a group in the periodic table, atomic radius increase from top to down; when you look along a period atomic radius decrease from left to right.

Fluorine, Chlorine and Bromine belong to the same group, so you can expect that the atomic radius will increase from Fluorine to Bromine. This is related with the fact that in the same sense there is an increase in the number of electrons that occupies outermost orbitals giving place to an increase in atomic radius.

Answer 2

Among these three halogen Bromine has the greatest atomic radius. As Bromine is present in 4rth period it outermost electrons are present in 4rth shell, so greater the number of shells greater is the size of an atom. While, in case of chlorine and fluorine they are present in group 3 and 2 respectively.