The Nobel gases, Group 8 elements have the smallest atomic radIi in the periodic table.
Atomic radius decreases as you move across a period. This is because Within a period, a new electron is being added to the same shell , and at the same time a new proton is added , This causes an attraction and causes the electron to pull nearer to the nucleus causing the radius to shrink and reduce in size.
In decreasing order of atomic radius, we have alkali metals>halogens> transition metal > Nobel gases
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