Electronegative

Electron Affinity refers to an isolated atom’s attraction for an additional electron, where as electronegativity is the attraction of an atom for shared electrons when it is chemically bonded to another atom . The electron affinity is experimentally measurable while electronegativity is a relative number.

Oxidation Number of an Element in a compound is the total number of Electrons. It appears to have gained or lost when the bonding Electrons are transferred to the more Electronegative Atom.

The Electronegative, x is the ability of an atom of an elements to attract electrons towards itself in a shared pair of electrons.

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