Why is potassium more electro positive as compared to Lithium?
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Why is the element potassium less electronegative than the element lithium? [A] Potassium has a greater number of protons and greater nuclear charge to attract the bonding electrons. ... [D] Bonding electrons are further from the nucleus in an atom of potassium causing less attraction.
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Lithium Is More Electropositive than the potassium because lithium is having 2 shells due to which their is strong force of attraction b/w nucleus and electrons . Therefore it has one free electron which it have to donate so that it got positive charge . Potassium is having 3 shells due to which it has weak force of attraction b/w nucleus & electrons. Therefore it has 9 valance electrons it is very difficult to share nine electrons rather than gaining one electron so it will gain one electron by which it got negative charge .