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Arrange the following elements in order of decreasing atomic radius: Ba , Sn , Cl , Pb , Se .

Rank elements from largest to smallest.

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Answer:

Ba, Pb, Sn, Se, Cl

Step-by-step explanation:

The atomic radius increases when going right to left and top to bottom on the periodic table and decreases going the opposite way so I put it in order based on that.

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