Ionization energy and electronegativity show similar trends in the periodic table. Describe these trends. What is the significan

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Ionization energy and electronegativity show similar trends in the periodic table. Describe these trends. What is the significan

ce of the similarity of these trends?

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marin [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T08:04:56+03:00

Electronegativity measures how much an atom likes to pull electrons away from another one. Ionization energy measures how much an atom doesn't want to lose electrons. As an atom that wants to gain electrons will clearly not want to lose electrons, these trends are basically identical.