4. Base your answer to the following question on the elements in Group 2 on the Periodic Table. State, in terms of the number of electron shells, why the radius of a strontium atom in the ground state is larger than the radius of a magnesium atom in the ground state.

The atomic radius of strontium is larger than magnesium because there are more number of shielding electrones in strontium than magnesium, which causes electron-electron repulsion, that makes the electrons in valance shell to expand. Hence it would decrease the effective nuclear charge.

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4. Base your answer to the following question on the elements in Group 2 on the Periodic Table. State, in terms of the number of electron shells, why the radius of a strontium atom in the ground state is larger than the radius of a magnesium atom in the ground state.​

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4. Base your answer to the following question on the elements in Group 2 on the Periodic Table. State, in terms of the number of electron shells, why the radius of a strontium atom in the ground state is larger than the radius of a magnesium atom in the ground state.