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What is the energy released when an electron is added to a neutral gaseous atom to form a negative ion called?

  1. Aelectronegativity
  2. Belectro attraction
  3. Celectron affinityCorrect answer
  4. Delectro positivity
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C. electron affinity

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Electron affinity is the energy released when an electron is added to a neutral gaseous atom to form a negative ion, using the usual energy-release convention. Electronegativity instead concerns attraction of bonding electrons. A simple likelihood is not the quantitative definition of electron affinity.

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