Question

WHAT IS ELECTRONEGATIVITY ?​

Answer 1

Electronegativity is a measure of how strongly atoms attract bonding electrons to themselves. The higher the electronegativity, the greater an atom's attraction for electrons. Below is a periodic table of electronegativity: the lighter the shade of green, the higher the electronegativity.

Answer 2

ELECTRONEGATIVITY

: It is a measure of an atom's ability to attract the shared ELECTRONS of a covalent bond to itself. If atoms bonded together have the same electronegativity,the Shared ELECTRONS will be equally shared.

If the electrons of a bond are more attracted to one of the atoms (because it is more electronegative), the electrons will be unequally shared. If the difference in electronegativity is large enough, the electrons will not be shared at all; the more electronegative atom will "take" them resulting in two ions and an ionic bond.

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