Why chlorine has more electron affinity than other elememts?
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Fluorine, though higher than chlorine in the periodic table, hasa very small atomic size. This makes the fluoride anion so formed unstable (highly reactive) due to a very high charge/mass ratio. ... As a result, fluorine has an electron affinity lessthan that of chlorine.
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Fluorine, though higher than chlorine in the periodic table, has a very small atomic size. This makes the fluoride anion so formed unstable (highly reactive) due to a very high charge/mass ratio. ... As a result, fluorine has an electron affinity less than that of chlorine
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