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Generally the atomic and ionic radii inc...

Generally the atomic and ionic radii increase with increase in atomic number down the group. But the atomic size of aluminium and gallium is almost the same. This is because

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Due to ineffective screening of d-electrons in Gallium, its size is smaller than aluminium.
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