Molecular Shapes - Electronegativity and Polarity

Question 1

electronegativity and polarity

Answer 1

• electronegativity is a measure of the attractive force that an atom exerts on shared electrons in a chemical bond
• trend
• increases across a period
• increases up a group
• nonmetals: high electronegativities
• metals: low electronegativites or electropositive in nature
• polarity is a measure of the inequality in the distribution of bonding electrons