2007-04-01 02:58:29 · 4 answers · asked by mimi j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The electronegativity of carbon is 2.55 and the electronegativity of nitrogen is 3.04, the difference is 3.04-2.55= 0.49.
2007-04-01 03:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by The exclamation mark 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electronegativity is the ability to pull in electrons. The strongest pull is with Fluorine and the weakest pull is with Fr. They are in opposite corners of the periodic table.
Linus Pauling created an artifical measuement scale for electronegativity, running from 0 to 4. Fluorine has a value of 3.7 and Fr a value of 0.7
The closer an element is to F, the higher its electronegativity value will be. Nitrogen is closer than Carbon and has a higher electronegativity. This should be obvious in that Nitrogen would have to pull in 3 electrons for the octet and Carbon has to atttract 4.
2007-04-01 03:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by reb1240 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electronegativity- substance's ability to pull electrons to itself.
electronegativity increases from group 1 to group 8. so Nitrogen (3.040) should be more electronegative than carbon (2.550).
for a full electronegativity chart, go to:
http://www.standnes.no/chemix/periodictable/electronegativity-chart.htm
2007-04-01 03:11:14 · answer #3 · answered by some guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its number of electrons, nothing more or less.
2007-04-01 03:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by x_squared 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋