NEET 2010
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2010
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
NEET 2010 · Chemistry · Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Which of the following represents the correct order of increasing...
Which of the following represents the correct order of increasing electron gain enthalpy with negative sign for the elements and ?
Options
- A
- B
- CF S
- DS
Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
Key Idea:- Electron gain enthalpy, generally, increases in a period from left to right and decreases in a group on moving downwards. However, members of III period have somewhat higher electron gain enthalpy as compared to the corresponding members of second period, because of their small size.
and belong to VI A (16) group and and belong to VII A (17) group. Thus, the electron gain enthalpy of and is higher as compared to and .
and and
Between and has higher electron gain enthalpy as in , the incoming electron experiences a greater force of repulsion because of small size of atom. Similar is true in case of and ie, the electron gain enthalpy of is higher as compared to due to its small size. Thus, the correct order of electron gain enthalpy of given elements is
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