alleryStart learning →Which element attracts the electrons in its bonds more strongly than any other element?
AChlorine
BOxygen
CFluorine
DSodium
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Fluorine
1. The pull an atom exerts on bonding electrons is its electronegativity.
2. Electronegativity rises across a period and falls down a group, peaking at the upper right.
3. Fluorine sits at that peak and is the most electronegative element of all.
4. Sodium is a group 1 metal and sits at the opposite end of the scale.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Chs 7 and 17, section 7.2 Covalent Bonding_
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