Evaluation and test of Pauling's electronegativity scale

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5867-5871

  Murphy, Lynnc Reed ^a   Meek, Terry L ^b   Louis Allred, A ^c   Alien, Leland C ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PAULING'S BOND ENERGY-BOND POLARITY EQUATIONS; PAULING'S ELECTRONEGATIVITY SCALE;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0033717885     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp000288e     Document Type: Article

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