Question

When an element of very low ionization potential is reacted with an element of very high electron affinity:?

Answer 1

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What are Ionization Potential and Electron Affinity?


Ionization Potential is the amount of energy required to remove an electron from an atom in its isolated gaseous state.

Electron affinity is the amount of energy released to insert an electron to an atom in its isolated gaseous state.



Now, generally metals have low ionization potential. The outer shell has less electrons and atomic size of metals is large, so, nuclear pull on them is less. Hence, less amount of energy is required to remove an electron. Thus, metals have low Ionization Potential.

Again, non metals have high electron affinity. Non metals have many electrons in their outermost shell (more than 3 electrons), and their atomic size is also less, so nuclear pull on the electrons is more. Hence, less amount of energy is required to put an electron, and huge amount of energy is released (electron affinity). Hence, non metals have high electron affinity.



Now, to answer your question, when an element of very low Ionization Potential reacts with an element with a very high electron affinity, a strong ionic (electrovalent) bond is formed.

Caesium Fluoride is the strongest ionic bond.





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Answer 2

Answer: ionic bond

Explanation:

an element with low ionization energy combined with an element having high electron affinity to form ionic bond