21 Chemistry -- Classification of Elements and Periodic Table

 Electron affinity of alkaline earth metal and noble gases are almost equivalent to zero. why?

 Electron affinity of alkaline earth metal and noble gases are almost equivalent to zero. why?

Ans: Since alkaline earth metal and noble gases are stable elements due to having full or half filled electronic configuration. So, they can't easily gain any electron. Therefore their electron affinity are almost equivalent to zero.

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Which is bigger Li+ or Na+?

SimilarlyLi+would be the smallest because it has only 2 electrons and therefore the least electron- electron repulsion. When comparing F- and Na +, we have to be careful, as both of them have 10 electron,SoNa+is smaller due to thelargerattractive force of the protons.
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