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Title: Polarizability vs Electronegativity
Post by: Habibrobert on October 19, 2012, 01:35:03 AM

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could give me a thorough definition of the difference between polarizability and electronegativity? My book doesn't really explain it that well.

Many Thanks

Title: Re: Polarizability vs Electronegativity
Post by: Babcock_Hall on October 19, 2012, 05:13:44 PM

A thumbnail explanation of one of them:  Polarizability deals with how deformable an electron cloud is.  Large elements are usually associated with greater polarizability.