09: redox

Question 1

electronegativity

Answer 1

electronegativity of an atom is defined as a measure of its ability to attract the shared paired of electron in a covalent bond (or electron density) towards itself

Question 2

disproportionation reaction

Answer 2

a disproportionation reaction is a redox reaction where an element in a substance undergoes oxidation and reduction simultaneously to give two products. the oxidation number of that element increases and decrease at the same time