Chemistry, asked by ram227, 1 year ago

electron affinity of chlorine is greater than fluorine why

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Answered by Prince00001
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because the atomic number of chlorine is 17 and the atomic number of fluorine is 9

ram227: explain clearly plz
Answered by Mitalibansal
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F has lower E.A. than Cl because the size of F is very small.As a result there are stong inter alrctronic repulsion and thus incoming electons do not feel much attractions
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