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Chlorine will remove hydrogen from the carbon atom because it has a great attraction for the hydrogen's nucleus. a. True b. False
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Chlorine will remove hydrogen from the carbon atom because it has a great attraction for the hydrogen's nucleus.

a. True
b. False

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The answer to this question is false
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False. The attraction between protons is far too great to allow another atom to strip a proton from them. Rather, the chlorine could take the electron from the hydrogen to stabilize both through an ionic bond.
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