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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

mulliken's electronegativity formula in pauling electronegativity relationship in Kj/mole

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
Mulliken regarded electronegativity as the mean value of IP and EA i.e. (IP+ EA)/2... his values came out to be 2.8 times the values from Pauling`s scale taking fluorine as standard( F=4.0). Thus, electronegativity in Pauling`s scale:(IP+EA)/(2*2.8) by Mulliken`s formula... that`s how they relate.