Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling:: Part 1: Origins of the Electronegativity Concept

• William B. Jensen ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cincinnati

     University of Cincinnati

     City of Cincinnati, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 73, Nº 1 (January), 1996, págs. 11-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The intent of this paper is to recapture some of the early pre-Pauling history of electronegativity. In doing so, I hope to remind the modern theorist that those who ignore history always run the risk of repeating it--a cliché, no doubt, but unhappily one that embodies a sizable, albiet depressing, amount of the truth. The subject is approached in three stages. Here in Part I the origins of electronegativity as a qualitative concept in the period between 1809 and 1813 are discussed.