Why is electronegativity important?

Related questions

1. How is Mulliken electronegativity calculated?
2. What is the highest electronegativity?
3. Why does electronegativity increase across a period in the periodic table?
4. How does nuclear charge affect electronegativity?
5. Why does electronegativity increase from bottom to top?
6. Why chlorine is more electronegative than fluorine?
7. Why does sodium have such a low electronegativity value?
8. Does electronegativity have a unit?
9. Why does electronegativity increase as you go up a group?
10. Why would it be impossible to measure the electronegativity of the noble gases?

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