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. Electron affinity of SF5 is among the highest known but that of SF6 is quite modest

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Answer: Sulfur in SF6 is saturated in terms of maximum covalency and maximum co-ordination number and so it has very little tendency to attract electron. In SF5 which is actually a free radical so it has got a very strong tendency to attract an electron to fulfill its covalency and co-ordination number. There fore the electron affinity of SF5 is hig

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