Question #eb982

1 Answer
Sep 14, 2016

"Cs"Cs has the largest atomic radius.

Explanation:

Remember two principles:

  • Atomic radius increases from right to left across a Row in the Periodic Table
  • Atomic radius increases from top to bottom in a Group.

So, the biggest atoms are at the lower left of the Periodic Table.

Atomic radii
(From chemistryhungergames.com)

Now, let's create a mini-Periodic Table using just the atoms in your problem.

We get

"Group" color(white)(ml)1color(white)(m)18Groupml1m18
stackrel(——————)("Row 5" color(white)(m)"Rb"color(white)(m)"I")
"Row 6" color(white)(m)"Cs"color(white)(ll)"At"

"Cs" is in the lower left of your table, so it has the largest radius.