Chlorine Is Much More Apt to Exist as an Anion

question 10

Multiple Choice

Chlorine is much more apt to exist as an anion than is sodium. This is because .

• A) chlorine is more metallic than sodium
• B) chlorine is a gas and sodium is a solid
• C) chlorine is bigger than sodium
• D) chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium does
• E) chlorine has a greater electron affinity than sodium does

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