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The electronegativity of nitrogen and chlorine is 3.0 Why nitrogen is inert at room temperature , while chlorine is very reactive?

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Despite the fact that electronegativity of N and Cl is `3.0` but nitrogen is inert due to strong `N-=` and chlorine is highly reactive due to weak `Cl-Cl` bond.
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