Which of the following statements are false i elements with...

which of the following statements are false? I. elements with high ionization energies are more metallic I, Elements with high electron affinities are strong reducing agents III. elements with similar electronegativities form covalent bonds

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00:01 Hi there.

00:02 In this question, we are trying to identify the incorrect statement or statements.

00:08 And the statements involve ionization energy, electron affinity, and electro -negativities.

00:14 So let's talk about the trend first for these.

00:17 For each of these, as you move down a group, they decrease for all three of them.

00:28 And as you move across a period, they increase to the halogens anyway.

00:40 The noble gases are kind of their own beast because they're already stable.

00:45 All right.

00:46 So if they increase going across, decrease going down, that means in the upper right corner of the periodic table, fluorine, again, ignoring the noble gases, we will have the largest ionization energy, which i'm abbreviating.

01:06 I .e.

01:09 Electron affinity and electronegativity.

01:16 That is the periodic trend for each of these, that they are highest in the upper right corner, or greatest or largest, or whatever word you want to use there.

01:28 And then of course they would be smallest in the corresponding bottom left corner.

01:35 All right, let's address the question that.

01:38 We want to see which of these are false.

01:39 First one asks about ionization energy.

01:42 The high ionization energies are found in the upper right corner.

01:46 So those are the non -metals.

01:50 So we see that the largest ionization energies are for the non -metals.

01:56 So our first statement is false.

02:02 Looks like statement one.

02:05 Statement one is false.

02:06 Let's look at statement two.

02:09 Statement two talks about electron affinity.