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What is electron negativity ? How does it change in a period as well as in a group ?

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The ability of an atom to attract the shared electron pair (of a covalent bond) in a molecule towards itself is called electro negativity. In a period from left to right the electro negativity increases. Down a group electro negativity value decreases.
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