Use the electronegativity table as necessary.

Which family of elements is the most electronegative? Column
Vll
l
Vl
Vlll

Group VII

Explanation:

The electronegativity of an element is the tendency of the atoms of that element to attract electrons that are shared with other atoms.

Each element has a different electronegativity from other elements. In particular:

- Electronegativity increases as we move towards the right along the periodic table - this is due to the fact that as we move to the right, the number of valence electrons in the atom increases, and therefore the tendency of the atom to attract more electrons increases more, in order to fill the valence shell. In fact, the most electronegative group is group VII, which is the last but on one on the right (the last group on the right, VIII, is the group containing the noble gases, which do not react at all, so they do not attract electrons)

- Electronegavity also decreases as we move downward along the periodic table - this is because as we move downward, the number of shells and electrons around the atom increase, so all these electrons "shield" the nucleus (which is positively charged, so it is the one attracting the electrons from other atoms), and so the tendency to attract more electrons decreases.

So, the group of element most electronegative is

VII