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Alkaline Earth metals have low values of electronnegativity decreases down the group |
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Answer» Each of these elements has a low ELECTRONEGATIVITY on the PAULING SCALE, and the ELECTRONEGATIVITIES clearly DECREASE down the group. The atoms are decreasingly effective at attracting bonding pairs of electrons. Imagine a bond between a magnesium atom and a chlorine atom. |
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