Why is the magnitude of the electron affinity for a given element smaller than the magnitude of

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Why is the magnitude of the electron affinity for a given element smaller than the magnitude of the first ionization energy?

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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