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Electronegativity

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On descending a group in the periodic table nuclear charge increases but electronegativity decreases.

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Electronegativity is the chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons towards itself.
When we move from top to bottom in the periodic table the nuclear charge and atomic size increase.
But the increase in atomic size pacify the increase in nuclear charge due to this the electronegativity decreases while moving down.

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