Chemistry
Give reasons for the following:
Fluorine is the most electronegative element of the periodic table.
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Fluorine is placed in period 2 group 17(VIIA) in the modern periodic table i.e., it occupies the upper right hand corner of the periodic table. Along a period from left to right electronegativity increases and down a group from top to bottom it decreases. Hence, Fluorine being the topmost and rightmost element in its group and period is the most electronegative element of the periodic table.
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