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Give reasons for the following:
Chlorine (atomic number 17) is more electronegative than:sulphur (atomic number 16).

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Electronic configuration of Cl is 2, 8, 7 and that of S is 2, 8, 6. As Sulphur is placed before.chlorine in the Periodic Table, so it has a bigger size and its tendency to gain electrons is less than chlorine.
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