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| Electronegativity is the strength of an atom to take an electron from another atom. The table below shows the relative strength of each atom. Notice the right side of the table tends to have higher numbers than the left side. Also notice that He, Ne and Ar don't have numbers. They are the noble gases and are very stable. They don't want to take electrons or give electrons. | Chlorine has an electronegativity of 3.2 and Sodium has an electronegativity of 0.9. Therefore, Chlorine is stronger than Sodium. That is why Chlorine takes the electron away from Sodium when you put it in water as can be seen below. |
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