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Question Question 8(ii)
Define.
(a) Electronaffinity
(b) Electronegativity
(a) Electronaffinity — The amount of energy released while converting a neutral gaseous isolated atom into a negatively charged gaseous ion (anion) by the addition of electron is called Electron Affinity (E.A.)
(b) Electronegativity — The tendency of an atom in a molecule to attract the shared pair of electrons towards itself is called its electronegativity.