Electronegativity! Definition and Examples

Electronegativity is a super important concept that affects so many parts of chemistry! It’s often the first periodic trend that students learn and can be used to predict tons of ways that atoms and molecules will behave in other situations.
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  • @mysticalmoney5953
    @mysticalmoney59535 жыл бұрын

    that analogy will stick with me for life, not just for my university aptitude test.

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha awesome!

  • @tategeiger5317
    @tategeiger53174 жыл бұрын

    "He just beats the other guy's knees with a lead pipe" Ya know, as most Olympic athletes do.

  • @vrinda5700
    @vrinda57003 жыл бұрын

    I've literally searched all of yt trying to understand what electronegativity is and i haven't found a single video as good as this one. the swimming team analogy was spot on. thank you so so so much :)))

  • @jaburke5715
    @jaburke57155 жыл бұрын

    Damn Fluorine, he’s hardcore. Got some beef to work out.

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    5 жыл бұрын

    JA Burke haha never cross fluorine

  • @anoopmanakkalath

    @anoopmanakkalath

    10 ай бұрын

    Oxygen is the real king. Most elements will enter the highest known oxidation state in oxides and or oxyanions or nitrido-oxide complexes. Oxygen can make Cl2O7, N2O5, Mn2O7 or XeO4 whereas fluorine fails miserably making OF3+ cation.

  • @randomhuman1198
    @randomhuman11983 жыл бұрын

    The way my teacher and a lot of videos explained it, I couldnt understand but this is like perfect for someone with ADHD or just anyone

  • @blahlaland5739
    @blahlaland57394 жыл бұрын

    Help so much they way u broke it down to the Elements being desperate!! Struggling so bad in chem so THANK YOU From the bottom of my scientifically challenged heart

  • @carolinaramirez8062
    @carolinaramirez80624 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! I watched like 2 other videos and could not follow along thank you for breaking it down in an easy to follow manner!!

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    4 жыл бұрын

    yay!! glad you're getting it!

  • @Casperski1312
    @Casperski13123 жыл бұрын

    Thank youuuuu! I don't know why this was so difficult for me up to this point, but you're explanations really brought it down to the crayon level for me and I finally feel confident moving on.

  • @Ibk.YourHairDoctor
    @Ibk.YourHairDoctor5 ай бұрын

    This video was well detailed and helpful. Thank you so much.

  • @reanukeeves1962
    @reanukeeves19624 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, time to ace my quiz💕🤠🤠

  • @kevinvarley9234
    @kevinvarley92342 ай бұрын

    Thank you! thats very clear

  • @samanthacajas5447
    @samanthacajas54475 жыл бұрын

    I finally get it thank you so much.

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    5 жыл бұрын

    Samantha Cajas yay glad the video helped!

  • @cristhiangarcia5991
    @cristhiangarcia59913 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Thanks.

  • @74dorset
    @74dorset4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic explanation, thank you.

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad it was useful!

  • @mackenzieliptak
    @mackenzieliptak2 жыл бұрын

    So helpful thank you so much!

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    2 жыл бұрын

    ty! good luck in your course!

  • @personality-pn5vw
    @personality-pn5vw2 жыл бұрын

    fluorine like one punch man the whole time ,, holyy coww :O

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    2 жыл бұрын

    lololol

  • @lumaineje
    @lumaineje3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you... sending support from the Philippines

  • @kamalibrathwaite
    @kamalibrathwaite4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks I saw 13 minutes and said, this is a long explanation, nut it was worth it

  • @omari6108
    @omari61084 жыл бұрын

    In regards to adding chlorine in the mix, the way I worked this problem out was by listing how many protons, neutrons, and electrons each element has, finding how many shells each has, then finding the valence number of each. From that I have that argon is least electromagnetic because it’s a noble gas, Caesium because it has the most amount of shells, silicone because it needs 4 more electrons to complete its outer shell, phosphorus because it needs 3 more electrons to complete its outer shell, then oxygen because it needs 2 more electrons to complete its outer shell. If we were to toss Chlorine in this then it would be: Ar, Cs, Chlorine because it has 4 shells, Si, P, O. Would that not be correct? I added in shell deduction based on your Bromine and Fluorine example. So in theory, can we say that when determining electronegativity, the more shells the elements has the least electronegative it is, AND the more valence electrons it needs, the least electronegative it is.

  • @Dark-tk9xu
    @Dark-tk9xu5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation.

  • @RobinReaction

    @RobinReaction

    5 жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @kidsthesedays9
    @kidsthesedays93 жыл бұрын

    Nice Tanya Harding reference.

  • @user-rz9sv2en3l
    @user-rz9sv2en3l3 ай бұрын

    Thanks ❤

  • @montana4700
    @montana47003 жыл бұрын

    Thank u much Shawtyyyy~

  • @MisfitApollo
    @MisfitApollo3 жыл бұрын

    Fluorine out here breaking kneecaps

  • @bladi39901
    @bladi399014 жыл бұрын

    fluorine grew up with Italian mobsters lol

  • @khaliffoster3777
    @khaliffoster37773 жыл бұрын

    So, it is a good term for evil and good, also polar - non-polar, and range of highest to lowest Electronegativity, so it comes down to two so the evilest has lowest inner resource so like people that have a low resource so they are desperate since there is no inner backup like friends, mentally shield of emotional impact to the source, etc, so the top ladder of the most right side is most evil compare to the most left side of the bottom ladder that is inner stable like a human that has all within not to be overwhelming or be desperate to steal, kill, etc, but accept the lost base on the person itself that is an atom with a highest inner resource to success because nothing depends on outside but inside that is within your power. For the gas column, so they are so stable, so more stable, that they don't rely on other human things like friends or anything, so they are higher level, the highest part is most right of the gas column and bottom right, 118 Uuo, so the inner is so high so basically a god, compared to 1 h, that is the lowest electronegativity, that is human. So, the highest electronegativity is the highest polar so the inner resource is higher level so has no need to bond to the other. So, we are 17 columns, but the last column that is 18 is god. Oxygen is polar so means the highest column of electronegativity, but not the highest density of the highest electronegativity which is 118 Uuo. So, electronegativity is dependent on the valent electron that binds, but since Electronegativity is dependent on the binding part so gases are not bindable. What causes Electronegativity to form since it changes from polar to non-polar which is gases are, so how much of lowest to highest or beyond highest that is into the non-polar catalog.

  • @hongkongsmartboy
    @hongkongsmartboy4 жыл бұрын

    F > O > N > Cl

  • @anoopmanakkalath

    @anoopmanakkalath

    10 ай бұрын

    I believe Ne > F > O > N > Ar >= C > Kr > Cl. Difficult to include He. However, the EN of He should be less than that of O. To my personal taste, He should be moved to group 2.

  • @karlmiller6746
    @karlmiller67464 жыл бұрын

    So dark but I get it

  • @ethansmith4509
    @ethansmith45094 жыл бұрын

    What an analogy lol

  • @LoversGrief
    @LoversGrief5 жыл бұрын

    Caesium is less electronegative than francium.

  • @anoopmanakkalath

    @anoopmanakkalath

    10 ай бұрын

    I don't believe this as Ra(OH)2 is more basic than Ba(OH)2 and RaSO4 is less soluble than BaSO4. FrOH should be more basic than CsOH. May be from period 8 onwards relativistic effects will play.

  • @jaydope4823
    @jaydope48232 жыл бұрын

    the examples are real gore in here