Which element listed would have the greatest

Question

electronegativity?
Periodic Table of the Elements
group-
period
1
2
ΙΑ IIA
IIIB
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
IVB VB VIB VIIB VIIIB VIIIB VIIIB IB
12
13 14 15
16
17
18
IIB IIIA
IVA
VA
VIA
VIIA VIIIA
1
Hydrogen
1.008
3
2
Li
Be
6.94
Lithium
11
Beryllium
9.0122
12
Na Mg
Sodium
Magnesium
22.990 24.305
atomic number→ 1
atomic weight 1.008
He
Hellam
4.0026
H
-symbol
Hydrogen
<name
B
10.81
3
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
4
K
Ca Sc
Ti
V
Cr
39.098
Potassium Celcium
40.078 44.956
Scandium
Titanium Vanadium
Mn Fe
Chromium Manganese
28
Co Ni
29
30
31
Cu
Zn
Iron
Cobalt
Nickel
Copper
Zinc
Gallian
47.867
50.942
51.996
54.938 55.845
58.933 58.693
63.546
37
38
39
40
41
42
5
Rb
Sr
Y
Zr Nb
Mo
Rubidium Strontium
Yttrium
Zirconium Niobium
85.468 87.62
88.906 91.224 92.906
45
Ru Rh
Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodiam Palladium
95.95
43
44
46
47
65.38
48
69.723
49
Tc
Pd Ag Cd
98
101.07 102.91
106.42
55
56
72
73
74
75
6
Cs
Ba
57-71 Hf
Τα
W Re
76
Os
77
78
107.87
79
Cadmium
112.41
80
Indium
81
Ir
Pt Au
Hg
Tl
Cesium
132.91
Lanthanides Hafnium
Tantalum Tungsten
Rhenium
Iridium
Platinum
Gold
Mercury
137.33
178.49 180.95
183.84 186.21
190.23
87
88
7
Fr
Ra
89-103
104
Rf
105
ᎠᏏ
Francium
Redium
Actinides Rutherford
Dubnim
Sg
Seaborgism
[223]
[226]
267
106 107 108
268 & 271 & 270 & 269
192.22
109
195.08 196.97
200.59
Bh
Borjum
Hs
Hossium
110 111 112 113 114
Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl
Meitnerium Dornstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium
278 281 282 285
Ga Ge As
Selenium
78.971 79.904 83.798
72.630 74.922
50 51 52 53
In Sn Sb Te
Tellurium
54
I
Xe
lodine
114.82 118.71 121.76 127.60 126.90
Thallium
204.38 207.2
84 85
Bi Po
Bismuth Polonium
208.98 [209]
Xenon
131.29
86
At Rn
Astatine
Rodon
[210] & [222]
115 116 117
Mc Lv Ts
118
Og
294 &
Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Ogensson
[286] & [289] [289] a [293] a 294
Antimony
82
83
Pb
Lead
N
Boron
Cerbon
Nitrogen Oxygen
13,
12.011
14
15
16
17
18
Al Si
S
Cl
Aluminum
Phosphorus
Sulfur
26.982 28.085 30.974
32.06
Chlorine
35.45
Ar
Argen
39.948
32
33.
34
351
36
Se
Br Kr
Germanium Arsenic
Bromine
Krypton
10
Ne
Fluorine
Neon
14.007 15.999 18.998 20.180
57
Lanthanides
58
59
60
61 62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
89
Actinides →→→ Ac
90 91
Th Pa U Np
93
94
Pu
95
Am
96
La
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu
Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium
138.91 140.116 140.91 144.24 145 150.36 151.96 157.25 158.93 162.50
Tm Yb Lu
Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
167.26 168.93 173.05 174.97
100 101 102 103
Gd Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Erbium
164.93
99
Cm Bk Cf
Es
Fm
Md
No Lr
Thorium Protoctinia Uronium Neptunium Plutonium Americium
Curm
Berkelium Colifornium Einsteinium
227
232.044231.048 238.03 123746
244
243
247 8 247 & 251
252 78 257
258
Post-
Transition Lanthanides Alkaline Metalloids Alkali
transition metals
metals
metals
earth
metals
Other
nonmetals
Halogens Actinides Noble gases
(1 point)
carbon
lithium
fluorine
boron
259a [266]
radioactive element
synthetic element

Answer 1

To determine which element has the greatest electronegativity among the listed options: carbon, lithium, fluorine, and boron, we can refer to the general trends in electronegativity on the periodic table.

Electronegativity tends to increase from left to right across a period and decreases from top to bottom in a group.

• Fluorine (F) is located in Group 17 (the halogens) and Period 2, and is known to be the most electronegative element on the periodic table, with an electronegativity value of about 4.0 on the Pauling scale.
• Carbon (C), in Group 14 and Period 2, has a lower electronegativity of about 2.5.
• Boron (B), in Group 13 and Period 2, has an electronegativity of about 2.0.
• Lithium (Li), in Group 1 and Period 2, has the lowest electronegativity among these options, about 1.0.

Therefore, among carbon, lithium, fluorine, and boron, fluorine has the greatest electronegativity.