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Does potassium have a greater nuclear charge than Chlorine?

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This is important because in the case of the potassium atom, the outermost electrons will be attracted by the nucleus more. In other words, K+ has bigger effective nuclear charge than Cl− , which translates to a bigger net positive charge felt by the outermost electrons.

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