Electronegativity of chlorine is higher than sulphur.explain
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Sulphur and chlorine are in the same period of the periodic table. But chlorine is larger in size and more in atomic mass than that ofsulphur. Because of the larger size, the bond pair of electrons are attracted towards it more readily. Thus chlorine electronegativity is more than the sulphur.
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Sulphur and chlorine are in the same period of the periodic table. But chlorine is larger in size and more in atomic mass than that ofsulphur. Because of the larger size, the bond pair of electrons are attracted towards it more readily. Thus chlorine electronegativity is more than the sulphur.
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Electronegativity of chlorine is higher than that of sulphur. It means that chlorine has a greater tendency to keep a shared pair of electron towards itself, leading to a slight negative charge on itself.
Theoretically, EN value of Cl is 3 and that of S is 2.5
Theoretically, EN value of Cl is 3 and that of S is 2.5
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