![]() Whereas the trend in the noble gases is based on the fact that they all have $e^- = p^+$ and are neutral, whereas the others are not. Meaning in a positive ion, you have more protons than electrons, meaning that the electrostatic force will much more greater in $Li^+$ than the one in $He$, even though they have the same electron configuration. When something is an ion, for example the positive ones, then there are two things to look at, electron configuration and the charge. It is because the electron configuration is one thing but is not the only thing that is being shown on the graph. Now this trend will not be seen in the other ones. Because then the second shell electrons can act as a barrier in the electrostatic force, and the effective nuclear charge decreases and the repulsion between the electrons in the third shell will be greater, hence a greater atomic radii occurs between Ne and Ar, compared to He and Ne. But when you add a full shell on top of that, well then we have a problem. Now, since He has 1s2 and we added an extra shell, well the $1s2$ does not act much of a barrier and the nucleus is still able to attract the electrons in the second shell ($2s^2 2p^6$) electrons and the radii does not change drastically. ![]() Now the shells also act as barriers sometimes, therefore we have something called an effective nuclear charge. In He, we only had $1s^2$ and in Neon we added the extra shell and we went up til the 2p. Whereas Argon has a configuration of $3s^23p^6$. While moving down in the group (from top to bottom), the atomic radius increases. Therefore the electronstatic force occurring on the electrons is slightly bigger than the electron on the helium atoms. Atomic radius trend in Periodic table As we move across the period (from left to right), the atomic radius or atomic size of elements decreases. Whereas Neon has a configuration of $1s^2,2s^2,2p^6$. Generally, there is a decrease in the atomic radius while moving from left to right in a period, while there is an increase in the same while moving down a group. This trend can be explained by considering the energy level and the nuclear charge. It is because of the addition of more electron shells (simplification for now). The variation of the atomic radius in the periodic table follows a fixed pattern. For the Noble gases, as the atomic number is increasing the radius increases. First lets look at what the graph is telling us about the radius and the atomic number.
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