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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties. This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Exercise 1, Question 20:
Which of the following pairs of elements would have a more negative electron gain enthalpy?
(i) O or F
(ii) F or Cl
Which of the following pairs of elements would have a more negative electron gain enthalpy?
(i) O or F
(ii) F or Cl
(i) Oxygen is a p block element present in 16th group and 2nd period while fluorine is also a p block element present in 17th group and 2nd period. An F atom has one proton and one electron more than O and as an electron is being added to the same shell, the atomic size of F is smaller than that of O. As F contains one proton more than O, its nucleus can attract the incoming electron more strongly in comparison to the nucleus of O atom. Also, F needs only one more electron to attain the stable noble gas configuration. Hence, the electron gain enthalpy of F is more negative than that of O.
(ii) Fluorine F and Cl belong to the same 17th group of the periodic table and they are p block elements with fluorine belonging to 2nd period and chlorine to 3rd group of periodic table. The electron gain enthalpy usually becomes less negative on moving down a group. However, in this case, the value of the electron gain enthalpy of Cl is more negative than that of F because of very small size of F atom. As a result there are strong interelectronic repulsions in the relatively small 2p subshell of F, thus the incoming electron does not feel much attraction. Therefore its electron affinity is small.
The first (ΔiH1) and the second (ΔiH) ionization enthalpies (in kJ mol–1) and the (ΔegH) electron gain enthalpy (in kJ mol–1) of a few elements are given below:
| Elements | ΔiH1 | ΔiH | ΔegH |
| I | 520 | 7300 | -60 |
| II | 419 | 3051 | -48 |
| III | 1681 | 3374 | -328 |
| IV | 1008 | 1846 | -295 |
| V | 2372 | 5251 | +48 |
| VI | 738 | 1451 | -40 |
Which of the above elements is likely to be :
(a) the least reactive element.
(b) the most reactive metal.
(c) the most reactive non-metal.
(d) the least reactive non-metal.
(e) the metal which can form a stable binary halide of the formula MX2, (X=halogen).
(f) the metal which can form a predominantly stable covalent halide of the formula MX (X=halogen)?
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the electron gain enthalpy of He= 0 N = -20.1 kJ/mol Na = -52.9 kJ/mol o- = +780 kJ/mol
which of the following has negative value of electron gain enthalpy = o-,Na,He or N