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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

Does half filled or full filled configuration of an element effect its electronegativity ???? [ cause they are stable and would not want electrons]

Profile image of Mrityunjay Gupta
13 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Madhukar  Thalore
13 Years ago

Hello .

Sorry to say but your question is not correct.

Electronegativity of a element is defined as it''s capacity or say power to attarct the shared pair of electrons in a bond towards itself.

So there will be no role of such like half-filled and full-filled orbitals.

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Profile image of krane tree
13 Years ago

Full filled configuration of an element will not affect its electrinegativity as it is already in a stable state and does not want to attract any more electrons. Since electronegativity measures the attraction between an atom and electron noble gases or atoms with a full filled configuration will have no electronegativity. Therefore only half filled configuration of an atom will affect its electronegativity.