So how do you tell how much an atom or ion wants an electron? It’s called affinity. It’s not that dissimilar to ionization energy, but in this case we are looking at how badly it wants electrons as opposed to how hard it is to remove an electron.
So how do you tell how much an atom or ion wants an electron? It’s called affinity. It’s not that dissimilar to ionization energy, but in this case we are looking at how badly it wants electrons as opposed to how hard it is to remove an electron.
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