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What is electronegativity and which chemical family has

the strongest electronegativity according the the Periodic
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Of the main group elements, fluorine has the highest electronegativity (EN = 4.0) and cesium the lowest (EN = 0.79). This indicates that fluorine has a high tendency to gain electrons from other elements with lower electronegativities.

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