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Arrange the following in order of increasing radii :

(a) Cl- , Cl

(b) Mg2+ , Mg , Mg+

(c) N, O, P

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(a) Cl < Cl-.
Reason — Anion is greater in size than its parent atom.

(b) Mg2+ < Mg+ < Mg.
Reason — Cation is smaller in size than its parent atom.

(c) O < N < P.
Reason — Between Oxygen (O) and Nitrogen (N), atomic size of Nitrogen (N) is more as it is to the left of Oxygen (O) in period 2. Between Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P), Phosphorus (P) has larger atomic size as it comes after Nitrogen (N) in group 5A.

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