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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:

Atom χAllen χPauling χAllred/Rochow χMulliken χJaffe χSanderson
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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