Question

How to identify electropositivity of elements?

Answer 1

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*First we must know what actually electropositivity is.
Electropositivity is a tendency of atoms of an element to lose electrons and form positive ion.

*For example Magnesium looses two electrons from outer cell and can be called electropositive element,as when it looses 2 electrons, Mg2+ is formed.

*We can identify its an electropositive element if its electrode potential is more positive than that of the standard hydrogen electrode.


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