Chlorine Is Much More Apt to Exist as an Anion

question 77

Multiple Choice

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

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

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