difference between electropositive & electronegative
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Electropositivity is the tendency to lose electrons, mostly seen in metals; Follows an imperfect trend in the periodic table...
Electronegativity is the tendency to gain electrons. In electronegative elements, the ionisation energies required to remove the electrons is very high. This particular property follows a perfect trend in the periodic table...
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The tendency of an element to form a cation by losing its valence electron is called electropositivity while the tendency of an element to form an anion by gaining electron in valence shell is called electronegativity.
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