Question

What is electronegativity​

Answer 1

Electronegativity, (symbol χ) , is a concept that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

An atom's electronegativity is affected by both its atomic number and the distance at which its valence electrons reside from the charged nucleus.

Answer 2

Electronegativity is a measure of how strongly atoms attract bonding electrons to themselves.

Its symbol is the Greek letter chi: χ

The higher the electronegativity, the greater an atom's attraction for electrons.

Below is a periodic table of electronegativity: the lighter the shade of green, the higher the electronegativity. Gray means no value is known. (Click image for larger view that shows electronegativity values.)

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