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The ability of an atom to attract shared electrons is called its

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if you are talking about in a covalent bond than your answer will me electronegativity
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Electronegativity

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Electronegativity, representation χ, is a chemical property that represents the tendency of an atom to draw a shared pair of electrons towards itself. An atom's electronegativity is influenced by both its atomic number and the distance at which its valence electrons lies from the charged nucleus.

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