Fluorine is more reactive than chlorine because

Question

Fluorine is more reactive than chlorine because (A) fluorine has lower bond energy (B) fluorine has a greater ionisation potential (C) the covalent bond in fluorine molecule is weaker (D) fluorine has no available d-orbitals

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Smaller is the bond energy, more is the reactivity

Q. Fluorine is more reactive than chlorine because

fluorine has lower bond energy

fluorine has a greater ionisation potential

the covalent bond in fluorine molecule is weaker

fluorine has no available d-orbitals

Smaller is the bond energy, more is the reactivity