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A2: Electronegativity Values

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    This is a table of different types of electronegativities of the main group elements:

    \(\text{Atom}\) \( \chi_{\text{Allen}}\) \( \chi_{\text{Pauling}}\) \( \chi_{\text{Allred/Rochow}}\) \( \chi_{\text{Mulliken}}\) \( \chi_{\text{Jaffe}}\) \( \chi_{\text{Sanderson}}\)
    Ne 4.787 ? 4.84 4.597 3.98 4.50
    He 4.160 ? 5.50 ? 3.49 ?
    Ar 3.242 ? 3.20 3.359 3.19 3.31
    F 4.193 3.98 4.10 4.438 3.91 4.00
    O 3.610 3.44 3.50 3.215 3.41 3.65
    Cl 2.869 3.16 2.83 3.535 3.10 3.48
    N 3.066 3.04 3.07 3.083 2.90 3.19
    Kr 2.966 3.00 2.94 2.984 3.00 2.91
    Br 2.685 2.96 2.74 3.236 2.95 3.22
    I 2.359 2.66 2.21 2.880 2.74 2.78
    Xe 2.582 2.60 2.40 2.586 2.73 2.34
    S 2.589 2.58 2.44 2.651 2.69 2.96
    Se 2.424 2.55 2.48 2.509 2.60 3.01
    C 2.544 2.55 2.50 2.671 2.48 2.75
    H 2.300 2.20 2.20 3.059 2.25 2.59
    P 2.253 2.19 2.06 2.394 2.30 2.52
    As 2.211 2.18 2.20 2.256 2.26 2.82
    Te 2.158 2.10 2.01 2.341 2.41 2.62
    Sb 1.984 2.05 1.82 2.061 2.12 2.46
    B 2.051 2.04 2.01 1.828 2.04 2.28
    Ge 1.994 2.01 2.02 1.949 2.33 2.62
    Sn 1.824 1.96 1.72 1.833 2.21 2.30
    Si 1.916 1.90 1.74 2.033 2.28 2.14
    Ga 1.756 1.81 1.82 1.343 2.01 2.42
    In 1.656 1.78 1.49 1.298 1.76 2.14
    Al 1.613 1.61 1.47 1.373 1.83 1.71
    Be 1.576 1.57 1.47 1.987 1.54 1.81
    Mg 1.293 1.31 1.23 1.630 1.37 1.32
    Ca 1.034 1.00 1.04 1.303 1.08 0.95
    Li 0.912 0.98 0.97 1.282 0.97 0.89
    Sr 0.963 0.95 0.99 1.214 1.00 0.72
    Na 0.869 0.93 1.01 1.212 0.91 0.56
    Rb 0.706 0.82 0.89 0.994 0.69 0.31
    K 0.734 0.82 0.91 1.032 0.73 0.45

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