Question

Why Oxygen is more electronegative than Chlorine and Bromine?

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Answer 1

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As you move left to right in perodic table electronegative increases oxygen is situated at right part so it is highly electronegative than cl and br

Answer 2

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We confirm this by looking at the atomic radius of oxygen and chlorine, seeing that oxygen is a smaller atom than chlorine, and thus that the force felt by the outermost electrons to the nucleus pull oxygen's electrons more chlosely than chlorine's