TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Electron affinity: The enthalpy change that results from adding an electron to a gaseous atom.

Electron affinity is becoming less negative (less exothermic) and less likely to gain an electron. 

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 7753

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Electron affinity: The enthalpy change that results from adding an electron to a gaseous atom.

Electron affinity is becoming less negative (less exothermic) and less likely to gain an electron. 

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 7754

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Linus Pauling was the original scientist to describe the phenomena Binal scientist t ES of electronegativity

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 7755

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Electronegativity is a measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. The Pauling scale is the most commonly used.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 7756

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Fluorine (the most electronegative element) is assigned a value of 4.0, and values range down to cesium and francium which are the least electronegative at 0.7

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 7757

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Molecules are groups of atoms that behave as a single unit.