Why is the sodium ion, Na+1, smaller than the sodium atom?

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A sodium ion is smaller than the atom as it's a cation and as it loses an electron, The effective nuclear charge increases and the nucleus pulls the electrons further near to itself. Hence, the ion is smaller in size than the atom.

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