Periodic Trends in Electron Affinity

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• What units is electron affinity measured in?
• How are electron affinity and ionization energy related?
• How does electron affinity affect reactivity?
• What does electron affinity determine?
• How can electron affinity be negative?
• What is electron affinity?
• Why is the electron affinity for nitrogen positive?
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• Which following pairs of atoms, have a lower electron affinity? a) Ca,K b) I,F c) Li, Ra. I seriously don't know anything about electron affinity all ik that it can buy another element
• Why does electron affinity decrease with increase in size, and why does it increase with increase in nuclear charge?
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• Which would have more electron affinity: O or O-?
• How would you write the equation of the electron affinity of S-?
• What do electron affinity values mean?
• The electron affinity of bromine is a negative quantity while it is a positive quantity for krypton, using the electron configurations of the two elements, how would you explain the difference?
• What is the difference between electron affinity and ionization energy?
• How would you explain why the electron affinity of nitrogen is lower (less negative) than those of both carbon and oxygen?
• Why do all of the noble gases have electron affinities greater than zero?
• How would you explain why the trend of electron affinity is increasing from left to right and decreasing from up to down?
• Why do the elements in group IIA have very low electron affinities?
• Which has a higher electron affinity in a period, fluorine or neon?
• What happens to electron affinity as you move down a group?
• Why does chlorine have a higher electron affinity than fluorine?
• Which of the following elements has the smallest numerical electron affinity: B, C, N, O, or F?
• Why is the second electron affinity for oxygen positive instead of negative?
• Why is the first electron affinity exothermic?
• What is the electron affinity of oxygen?
• Why is the electron affinity of fluorine anomalously low?
• Is fluorine attracted to metal?
• Which element in Period 2 has the greatest tendency to gain electrons?
• Which halogen has the least attraction for electrons?
• Explain Electron Affinity (with an example of Cl vs Br)?
• Why is energy being released when an electron is added to a neutral atom?
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• Why is the trend of electron affinity increasing from left to right and decreasing from up to down?
• What are the trends for electron affinity?
• How would you order the following elements with respect to electron affinity: #Cl^-, Ar, K^+, Ti, Ti^(+2)#?
• What is electron affinity a measure of?
• How are electronegativity, electron affinity, ionization energy, atomic radius, ad reactivity all interrelated?
• How many unpaired electrons are in a transition metal complex that has a spin-only magnetic moment of #sqrt(15)#?
• Which atom has the greater electron affinity, #"O"^(-)# or #"O"#?
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• What does electron affinity mean?
• What is electron affinity's definition?
• In terms of electron affinity, can you explain this statement: "the stronger the attraction, the more energy is released"?
• The electron gain enthalpy of fluorine is less negative than that of chlorine while it is expected to be more negative . Explain ?
• O negative ion is formed by release of energy and O 2- ion is formed by gain of energy.Explain?
• What is #"electron affinity?"#
• What elements have essentially no tendency to accept electrons (referring to electron affinity)?
• Why do the halogen atoms have the greatest electron affinity?
• What is the difference between #"electron affinity"#, and #"electronegativity"#?
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• What is #"electron affinity"#?
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• How does #"electron affinity"# change across the Periodic Table?
• Why is the electron affinity of atomic nitrogen negative?
• Why is the election affinity of beryllium negative?
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