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Is it true that in the modern periodic table, fluorine is the most electronegative element?


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a

True

b

False 

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is true.
The chemical element fluorine has the atomic number 9 and the letter F as its chemical symbol. The lightest halogen, it is an extremely poisonous, pale yellow diatomic gas under normal conditions. In the modern periodic table, fluorine is the most electronegative element. It belongs to group 17 and moving left to right in the period, the electronegativity goes on decreasing because the number of shells is the same and removal of electrons is not easy.
 
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