Answer:
Explanation:
Electron affinity is the energy released in adding an electron to a neutral atom in the gas phase.
It is a measure of the readiness of an atom to gain an electron. This property is very peculiar to non-metals. The higher the value, the greater the tendency to accept electrons.
Across a period electron affinity increases due to the increasing nuclear charge not being compensated for.
Down a group, electron affinity decreases due to the low nuclear charge and the large atomic radii.
The exception to this rule is the stability of half-filled sublevels. For example, nitrogen has a configuration of 2,5 with sublevel notation of 1s²2s²2p³.
The p-sublevel has a degeneracy of three and the three electrons goes in singly. This makes the configuration stable.
We expect such an atom to have a higher electron affinity but its configuration is stable and carbon would have a higher affinity than it across the same period.
Half filled sublevels are exception to the trend of electron affinity.
Answer:
Na is the element from the second period that has the largest atomic radius
Explanation:
The atomic radius is a chemist property from the periodic table. It is decreased when we move in a period from the periodic, so the element in the second period that has the largest radius is Na, and the shortest, the Ar
The atomic radius indicates the distance between the nucleus and the outermost valence layer. In the periods it decreases with increasing Atomic Number, to the right, due to the attraction that the nucleus exerts on the electrons of the outermost orbitals, thus decreasing the core-electron distance.
Answer:
You need to have a clean surface for contact between the solution and the material.
Explanation:
The presence of impurity on the surface of the material, and lack of surface uniformity (smoothness) can reduce the effective contact between material and solution and can interfere with the electroplating process's success.
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