Use the data in Tables 1.6 and 1.7 to test Mulliken’s proposition that electronegativity values are proportional to I + E_a.

Table 1.6.

Table 1.7.

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TABLE 1.6 Electron affinities of the main-group elements, E/(kJ mol-¹)* H 72 Li 60 Na 53 K 48 Rb 47 Be B ≤0 27 Mg ≤0 Ca 2 Sr 5 с N 122 -8 Al SI 43 134 Ga Ge 29 116 In Sn 29 116 P 72 As 78 Sb 103 0 141 -780 S 200 -492 Se 195 Te 190 F 328 CI 349 Br 325 I 295 He -48 Ne -116 Ar -96 Kr -96 Xe -77