Abstract
The arguments presented in the Comment by Liebman and Huheey are shown to be incorrect. The operational equivalence of Mulliken ground-state electronegativities and Pauling electronegativities is demonstrated for neutral atoms. It is shown that ground-state electronegativities and valence-state electronegativities for both neutral atoms and ions are also operationally equivalent. A single electronegativity scale based on Mulliken ground-state electronegativities may therefore be used for neutral atoms, ions, and fractionally charged atoms, as originally implied in the paper by Lackner and Zweig.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1562-1569 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Merit of ground-state electronegativities; A reply to Comments on Introduction to the chemistry of fractionally charged atoms : Electronegativity. / Lackner, Klaus; Zweig, George.
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T1 - Merit of ground-state electronegativities; A reply to Comments on Introduction to the chemistry of fractionally charged atoms
T2 - Electronegativity
AU - Lackner, Klaus
AU - Zweig, George
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - The arguments presented in the Comment by Liebman and Huheey are shown to be incorrect. The operational equivalence of Mulliken ground-state electronegativities and Pauling electronegativities is demonstrated for neutral atoms. It is shown that ground-state electronegativities and valence-state electronegativities for both neutral atoms and ions are also operationally equivalent. A single electronegativity scale based on Mulliken ground-state electronegativities may therefore be used for neutral atoms, ions, and fractionally charged atoms, as originally implied in the paper by Lackner and Zweig.
AB - The arguments presented in the Comment by Liebman and Huheey are shown to be incorrect. The operational equivalence of Mulliken ground-state electronegativities and Pauling electronegativities is demonstrated for neutral atoms. It is shown that ground-state electronegativities and valence-state electronegativities for both neutral atoms and ions are also operationally equivalent. A single electronegativity scale based on Mulliken ground-state electronegativities may therefore be used for neutral atoms, ions, and fractionally charged atoms, as originally implied in the paper by Lackner and Zweig.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1562
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1562
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JO - Physical review D: Particles and fields
JF - Physical review D: Particles and fields
SN - 1550-7998
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