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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

Chlorine has the Highest Electron Affinity in the periodic table (Even more than Fluorine). Then how Fluorine is the most Electronegative?

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5 Years agoGrade 11
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5 Years ago
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This is due to small size of fluorine making greater electron - electron replusion than how it does in chlorine. This in turn, chlorine have more electron affinity than fluorine.

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