I believe a solution of Sn(NO3)2 can not be stored in an aluminium container because Aluminium is higher in the reactivity series compared to Tin (Sn). Therefore, Aluminium is more reactive than Tin and hence aluminium will displace Tin from its salt forming Aluminium nitrate and Tin metal. Thus storing Tin nitrate in an aluminium container will cause the "eating away' of the container.
Answer:
Explanation:
Electron affinity is the energy released in adding an electron to a neutral atom in the gas phase.
It is a measure of the readiness of an atom to gain an electron. This property is very peculiar to non-metals. The higher the value, the greater the tendency to accept electrons.
Across a period electron affinity increases due to the increasing nuclear charge not being compensated for.
Down a group, electron affinity decreases due to the low nuclear charge and the large atomic radii.
The exception to this rule is the stability of half-filled sublevels. For example, nitrogen has a configuration of 2,5 with sublevel notation of 1s²2s²2p³.
The p-sublevel has a degeneracy of three and the three electrons goes in singly. This makes the configuration stable.
We expect such an atom to have a higher electron affinity but its configuration is stable and carbon would have a higher affinity than it across the same period.
Half filled sublevels are exception to the trend of electron affinity.
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