Chemistry, asked by Aayushyaraj, 1 year ago

Why does nitrogen have very low electron gain enthalpy?

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Answered by Jhani
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Nitrogen has electronic configuration as

1s2 2s2 2p3

As there are 7 electrons in its ground state.
Electron gain enthalpy implies on adding an electron to it.

But here there is half filled configuration for outermost orbit of Nitrogen so it would like to maintain its stability.

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