Electronegativity

Question 1

electronegativity

Answer 1

the ability for an atom to attract electrons towards itself in a covalent bond

Question 2

as you go further up and right you go on the periodic table what happens ?

Answer 2

the more electronegative the element is

Question 3

The bigger the difference in electronegativity ..

Answer 3

the more ionic the compound will be. A different of zero will be purely covalent.

Question 4

How does electronegativity increase across a period ?

Answer 4

nuclear charge increases but the number of shielding electrons remain constant so the attraction for the shared electron pair increases

Question 5

How does electronegativity decrease down a group ?

Answer 5

the nuclear charge increases, there is an increase in the number of shielding electrons and the shared electron pairs is further from the nucleus so it attracted less strongly