The effective nuclear charge on such an electron is given by the following equation:
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Therefore, the effective nuclear charge towards the outermost electrons increases, drawing the outermost electrons closer.
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As an approximation, we can estimate the effective nuclear charge on each electron by the following:
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Pauling used effective nuclear charge to proportion the distance between ions into anionic and a cationic radii.
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The X-ray spectroscopy done by Henry Moseley in 1914 showed a direct dependency between spectral line and effective nuclear charge.
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In quantum chemistry, "'Slater's rules "'provide numerical values for the effective nuclear charge concept.
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The reason for the greater magnitude in bond length change for silicon species over phosphorus species is the increased effective nuclear charge at phosphorus.
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Additionally, the effective nuclear charge has increased, and thus the electrons are attracted more strongly towards the nucleus and the ionic radius decreases.
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The radii follow general periodic trends : they decrease across the period due to increase in the effective nuclear charge, which is not offset by the increased number of valence electrons.
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In other words, each electron represents a cloud of negative charge which somewhat shields the nucleus so that the other electron actually sees an effective nuclear charge Z that is less than 2.