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Fluorine has the highest electronegativity among the group on the Pauling scale, but the electron affinity of fluorine is less than that of chlorine becauseA. The atomic number of fluorine is less than that of chlorineB. Fluorine being the first member of the family behaves in an unuseual mannerC. Chlorine can accommodate an electron better than fluorine by untilising its vacant `3d` orbitalD. Small size, high electron density and an increases electron repulsion make addition of an electron to fluorine less favourable than that in the case of chlorine |
| Answer» Correct Answer - D | |