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What does electron affinity mean?

Answer 1

The electron affinity is the energy associated with the..........

The electron affinity is the energy associated with the formation of #1# #mol# of gaseous anions from #1# #mol# of gaseous atoms and #1# #mol# of electrons:

#M(g) + e^(-) rarr M^(-)(g);# #DeltaH="electron affinity"#

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Answer 2

Jose Ayala

Electron affinity refers to the amount of energy released or absorbed when an electron is added to a neutral atom in its gaseous state to form a negative ion.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.