Electronegative Sentence Examples

In other words, as you go down the Group, the elements become less electronegative.

All of these particular cases contain a very electronegative element with an active lone pair of electrons - either oxygen or nitrogen.

Moreover, a covalent bond between two highly electronegative elements will clearly be strong.

You need to look for a hydrogen atom covalently bonded to a highly electronegative atom, usually nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.