define electropositivety
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Explanation:
The elements that can easily lose electrons to form positive ions are called electropositive elements, for example: metals. Electropositivity is the measure of the ability of elements (mainly metals) to donate electrons to form positive ions......
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Electronegativity is the tendency to attract electrons in a bond. Now I'm not a chemistry major, and it's been a while since I've studied this but the way I understood it was since the atom is smaller there is less electron shielding between it and the electrons from the other molecule, causing it to have a greater pull on those electrons. Inversely in your case: larger atoms hhave more shielding from core(inner) electrons and are less able to use its positive nucleus to pull electrons from the other atom towards itself, therefore it is more electropositive. It would be great if someone could confirm this, my level of knowledge in chemistry is based off high school!