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which element has smallest atomic volume??


Ramkhelawan Kaithal 20th Oct, 2019
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iammohdshareef 20th Oct, 2019
Hello,
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Helium has the smallest atom by size and hydrogen has the smallest atom by mass.
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Helium is the atom having smallest size. The atomic radius gets smaller because the electron orbit fills up the form an octet and for each of additional , a proton is added to the nucleus pulling the electron shells closer around the nucleus.
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Coming to the final point that what has the smallest atom.  Its Helium
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22nd Oct, 2019
but answer is boron
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