Periodic Table Trends - Electron Affinity
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What is Electron Affinity?
Electron Affinity measure the change in energy that occurs when an electron is added to the outer energy level of an atom to form a negative ion. If energy is released when an atom gains an electron, the electron affinity would be shown as a negative number.
What are the Trends for Electron Affinity?
Electron affinity tends to decrease down a group.
Electron affinity tends to increase across a period.
Periodic Table Trends: Electron Affinity
The following looks at the trends related to Atomic size.
The following looks at the trends related to Atomic size.
This chemistry tutorial describes the concept of electron affinity and covers the general periodic trend of electron affinity along with notable exceptions in this trend.
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