Electron gain enthalpy of cl is higher than f. Why cl is better oxidising agwnt
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Cl has more ionic radius and has greatest ie
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It is due to small size of fluorine atom. As, there are strong inter electron repulsion in the relatively small 2P orbits of fluorine and thus, the incoming electron does not experience much attraction. Therefore chlorine has the electron gain enthalpy than the fluorine.
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