Answer to Question #86130 in Inorganic Chemistry for Nwankwo Ikenna Daniel

Question

The tendency of an atom to attract shared electron pair of bond towards it's self is known as?

Answer 1

By definition, the tendency of an atom to attract a shared electron pair of bond towards itself is called electronegativity. The larger the electronegativity value for an element, the stronger its atoms pull a pair of electrons, which form a bond.