Why is the electron affinity of atomic nitrogen negative?
1 Answer
Perhaps we should examine the data first....
Explanation:
And I hope your eyes are better than mine cos I really need spex for this table.
We note (i) that the electron affinity measures the enthalpy of the following reaction....
And (ii), while the electron affinity generally increases across the Period from left to right as we face the Table (which we may attribute to increasing
And of course data, such as are provided in the Table, informed Hund's rule....