5.6.5 - Electronegativity
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What is electronegativity?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in a chemical bond.
Does electronegativity increase or decrease as you move from left to right across the periodic table?
💡 Hint: Consider how the nucleus affects electron attraction.
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Electronegativity refers to:
💡 Hint: What does the word 'attract' imply?
Electronegativity increases with atomic number.
💡 Hint: Consider the periodic trends.
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Consider two elements, A and B. Element A has an electronegativity of 3, and element B has an electronegativity of 1. What type of bond would most likely form between them?
💡 Hint: Consider how the difference affects electron transfer.
Why is water a polar molecule despite being formed by elements with covalent bonds?
💡 Hint: Think about how electronegativities influence the electron cloud.
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