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Why is fluorine the most electronegative element?


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  1. An electronegativity is a unit used to describe an element's ability to form chemical bonds by drawing an electron.
  2. Electronegativity is a measure of an atom's ability to draw the shared pair of electrons from a covalent connection to itself, and the shared electrons will always be distributed equally.
  3. Fluorine is the most electronegative element due to its extraordinary ability to draw a shared pair of electrons.
  4. The electrical structure of fluorine shows that it contains 6 electrons in its 2p orbital and 5 in its shell. Fluorine's electrical arrangement is quite similar to the ideal.
  5. It illustrates fluorine's exceptional ability to draw electrons and create a flawless electrical configuration.
  6. An element's ability to form chemical bonds by drawing an electron is known as Electronegativity.

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