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Why is fluorine the most reactive non-metal?

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I believe fluorine is the most electrinegative simply because it has five electrons in its 2P shell. Fluorine is also a halogen which are the most reactive non metals because everyone of them have an empty space in their electron shells.

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I believe fluorine has the greatest electron and therefore is the most reactive. fluorine is really reactive because it only requires 1 electron
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