Chemistry / Unit 5 Chem 0895 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Electronegativity, Named Structurally
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The idea
Electronegativity is an atom's tendency to attract shared electrons in a bond, related to but distinct from the unbonded-atom electron affinity covered earlier.
In practice
Electronegativity, unlike electron affinity, is only meaningfully defined for an atom already bonded to another atom.
Where people slip
This entry only names electronegativity structurally; its full periodic trend and role in bond polarity belong to Unit 6's bonding material.
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