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GK QUESTION#3486

Which electronegativity scale, associated with work published in 1932, assigns fluorine the highest value, commonly rounded to 4.0?

  1. AAllred - Rochow scale
  2. BMulliken scale
  3. CPauling scaleCorrect answer
  4. DJae scale
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C. Pauling scale

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The Pauling scale is the familiar electronegativity scale associated with Linus Pauling’s 1932 work on bond energies. Fluorine is assigned the highest value, commonly rounded to 4.0; many modern tables give 3.98.

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