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Out of fluorine and chlorine, which has greater electron gain enthalpy?

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The value of electron gain enthalpy is greater for chlorine than fluorine. Because of the small size of fluorine, it becomes difficult for fluorine to accept the incoming electron. Whereas for chlorine, the size of the atom is big enough to accomodate the incoming electron easily.

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