What happens to electron affinity as you move down a group?
Electron Affinity decreases as you move down a group.
Electron Connection:
Because of enhanced shielding and a declining effective nuclear charge, it decreases down a group.
The quantity of electrons "blocking" an incoming electron from "feeling" the nucleus's positive charge is referred to as shielding.
FINAL ANSWER: The electron affinity decreases as you go down a group because more electrons are preventing the incoming electron from the positively charged nucleus from being shielded.
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Electron affinity generally decreases as you move down a group in the periodic table.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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