What is electronegativity and which chemical family has the strongest electronegativity according the the Periodic Trends?

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Dsimard · Answer 1 · 2021-06-25T01:25:32+0000

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Of the main group elements, fluorine has the highest electronegativity (EN = 4.0) and cesium the lowest (EN = 0.79). This indicates that fluorine has a high tendency to gain electrons from other elements with lower electronegativities.

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