Chemistry A-Level
Formation of 1⁻ ions
What Formation of 1⁻ ions means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Formation of 1⁻ ions
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A halogen atom gains an electron into its outer shell, and the ease of this gain depends on the attraction between the incoming electron and the nucleus.
Topics that use Formation of 1⁻ ions
- The halogens (OCR A-Level)
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