Chapter 17.3, Problem 17.7.1PE

(a)

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To determine: The reason for high electronegativity of $\text{F}$ than that of $\text{Cl}$ though $\text{Cl}$ has the greater electron affinity.

(b)

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To determine: The reason for relevance of both ionization energy and electron affinity to the notion of electronegativity.

(c)

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To determine: The value of $k$ that would lead to an electronegativity of $4.0$ for $\text{F}$ under this condition.

(d)

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To determine: The electronegativities of $\text{Cl}$ and $\text{O}$ .

(e)

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To determine: The elctronegativites for all the halogens scaling them so that fluorine has an electronegativity of $4.0$ and the electronegativity of $\text{Br}$ on this scale.