Chemistry, asked by yeso82, 1 year ago

Why chlorine has higher negative electron gain enthalpy than fluorine?

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Answered by Benipal07
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It is due to small size of fluorine atom. As a result, there are strong interelectronic repulsions in the relatively small 2p orbitals of fluorine and thus, the incoming electron does not experience much attraction.
Answered by Grewal007
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Answer:

It is due to small size of fluorine atom. As a result, there are strong interelectronic repulsions in the relatively small 2p orbitals of fluorine and thus, the incoming electron does not experience much attraction.

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