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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryClassification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesJEE Main

The order of first electron affinity of O, S and Se is:

Answer: (B)

Solution

Oxygen's electron affinity is anomalously low because its small 2p subshell concentrates the incoming electron close to existing electron density,

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