Based on periodic trends of electronegativity, what statement regarding the halogens is most accurate?

a) flourine has the lowest electronegativity.

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b) iodine has the strongest tendency to attract electrons.

c) fluorine has the strongest tendency to attract electrons.

d) because of it's low electronegativity, iodine does not readily form compounds.

C) Fluorine has the strongest tendency to attract electrons.

Explanation:

Electronegativity is the tendency of the atom in a covalent bond to attract the shared pair of electron towards itself.

Down the group, size increases which means that the nucleus become far from the valence electrons and thus decreased electronegativity as there will be less tendency to attract the shared electrons.

Fluorine and iodine are in the same group and thus fluorine has higher tendency to attract electrons and thus has the highest electronegativity.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.

fe 55.85 g/mol and h2o 18.02 g/mol.