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  • Explain the following: (a) Electronegativity of elements increases on moving from left to right in the periodic table. (b) Ionisation enthalpy decrease in a group from top to bottom?

Explain the following:

(a) Electronegativity of elements increases on moving from left to right in the periodic table.

(b) Ionisation enthalpy decrease in a group from top to bottom?

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(a) Electronegativity of an element is the tendency of an atom of that element to attract shared electrons towards itself, and unlike ionisation enthalpy and electron gain enthalpy, it is not a measurable quantity. The increase in electronegativities across a period is due to decrease in size of atom and increase in nuclear charge.

(b)  As we go down a group, the outermost electron is increasingly becomes far from the nucleus, and there is an Increase in atomic size. Therefore, ionisation enthalpy decreases down the group.

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