Question

Chloride ion is more stable than chlorine atom because of
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Answer 1

Exothermic electron affinity.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Chlorine has an exothermic electron affinity,

so the chloride ion may be considered more stable than the atom, despite the atom's neutrality.