Introductory Chemistry, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (6th Edition)
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Chapter 1, Problem 19E
A chemist in an imaginary universe does an experiment that attempts to correlate the size of an atom with its chemical reactivity. The results are tabulated as follows.
| Size of Atom | Chemical Reactivity |
| small | low |
| medium | intermediate |
| large | high |
a. Formulate a law from this data.
b. Formulate a theory to explain the law.
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