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Assign reason for the following: The negative value of electron gain enthalpy of fluorine is less than that of chlorine.

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Solution :A fluorine ATOM being SMALLEST in SIZE cannot accept electrons easily to change into FLUORIDE ion, because of interelectronic repulsions. Therefore, negative value of electron gain enthalpy (electron affinity) of fluorine is LESS than that of chlorine.


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