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- inorganic chemistry - Why is fluorine the most electronegative atom . . .
It seems related to the atomic size but hydrogen has a smaller atomic size than fluorine Why is fluorine the most electronegative atom?
- intermolecular forces - Why does fluorine form only one hydrogen bond . . .
6 Fluorine in hydrogen fluoride can form only a limited amount of hydrogen bonds because there is only one (protic) hydrogen atom per fluorine Ammonium fluoride has enough protic hydrogens to form hydrogen bonds with all four electron pairs on each fluorine — and so they do, in a wurtzite-type arrangement of the ions
- halides - Why is fluorine more reactive than iodine despite the weaker . . .
In this case, the formation of fluorine-containing products is generally much more thermodynamically favourable than that of the corresponding iodine-containing products
- Why does chlorine have a higher electron affinity than fluorine?
Fluorine, though higher than chlorine in the periodic table, has a very small atomic size This makes the fluoride anion so formed unstable (highly reactive) due to a very high charge mass ratio Also, fluorine has no d-orbitals, which limits its atomic size As a result, fluorine has an electron affinity less than that of chlorine See this, archived here
- Spontaneity and nature of attack of fluorine gas on aluminum
7 What is the nature of the reaction of attack of fluorine gas on aluminium metal? Is it spontaneous in nature? I have studied reactions of halogens on aluminium, but it had no information about fluorine's attack, and I would like to know about this reaction
- Why are there more fluoride compounds formed with xenon?
Noble gases form compounds with fluorine and oxygen only because fluorine and oxygen are the most electronegative elements Heavier noble gases (xenon and krypton) are able to form compounds with other elements because xenon and krypton, both have low ionisation enthalpies as compared to helium and neon
- inorganic chemistry - Why is fluorine more reactive than chlorine . . .
This is shielding Lastly, fluorine is much smaller molecule than chlorine, and the shorter distance, or radius, between the nucleus and the electron again makes it more likely to attract the electron and react to gain a noble gas configuration
- Why only F, O and N form Hydrogen Bonds? [duplicate]
Why only fluorine, oxygen and nitrogen can form hydrogen-bonds with the hydrogen of another molecule?
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