Which has a higher electron affinity, chlorine (Cl) or Neon (Ne)?
I know that chlorine has the higher electron affinity but why?
Electron Affinity
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Jim Brown 14B Lec1
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Re: Electron Affinity
The Noble gasses are nonreactive. Neon has a greater effective charge, but its octet is complete, so it won't pick up any electrons, where chlorine will in order to complete the octet.
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Luc Lorain 1L
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Re: Electron Affinity
Jim Brown 14ALec4 wrote:The Noble gasses are nonreactive. Neon has a greater effective charge, but its octet is complete, so it won't pick up any electrons, where chlorine will in order to complete the octet.
Basically this; Chlorine is reactive due to its noncomplete (7/8 e-) valence shell, which pulls electrons in to complete the octet.
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