Electronegativities of the elements Na, Al, P, and Cl follow a specific trend across the period. Based on this trend, an electron will be most strongly attracted to
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Electronegativities of the elements Na, Al, P, and Cl follow a specific trend across the period. Based on this trend, an electron will be most strongly attracted to
 Na.

Al.

P.

Cl.

anonymous · Answer

Scratch that electronegativity trend is another thing... it's going to increase to the right and as you go up the table

anonymous · Answer

You can make sense of this.... like this...

Cl is close to a noble gas which it desperately wants to become, so it can fill it's outermost shell. Therefore , elements - 7 will have the most electro negativity of all others

anonymous · Answer

And down, electronegativity gets smaller due to the longer distance between the nucleus and it's valence shell

anonymous · Answer

meaning there isn't a necessity to grab an open electron

anonymous · Answer

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