Question: Classify the following materials using the electronegativity data in Table 1.7 and a Ketelaar triangle: (a) LiI, (b), BeBr 2 , (c) SnS, (d) RbSn.

Classify the following materials using the electronegativity data in Table 1.7 and a Ketelaar triangle: 

(a) LiI, 

(b), BeBr2

(c) SnS, 

(d) RbSn.


Table 1.7.

TABLE 1.7 Pauling Xp, Mulliken, X, and Allred-Rochow, XAR electronegativities H 2.20

TABLE 1.7 Pauling Xp, Mulliken, X, and Allred-Rochow, XAR electronegativities H 2.20 3.06 2.20 LI 0.98 1.28 0.97 Na 0.93 1.21 1.01 0.82 1.03 0.91 Rb 0.82 0.99 0.89 Cs 0.79 0.70 0.86 F 3.04 3.44 3.98 3.08 3.22 4.43 3.07 3.50 4.10 P CI 2.19 3.16 2.39 3.54 1.47 1.74 2.06 2.83 Br 2.96 3.24 2.74 Be B 1.57 2.04 2.55 1.99 1.83 2.67 1.47 2.01 2.50 Mg AI Si 1.31 CN 1.61 1.90 1.63 1.37 2.03 1.23 Ca 1.00 1.30 1.04 Sr In 0.95 1.78 1.96 1.21 1.30 1.83 0.99 1.49 1.72 Ba TI Pb 0.89 2.04 2.33 0.90 1.80 1.90 0.97 2.58 2.65 2.44 Ge As Se 2.18 2.55 2.26 2.51 2.02 2.20 2.48 Sn Sb Te [ 2.05 2.10 2.06 2.34 1.82 2.01 Ga 1.81 2.01 1.34 1.95 1.82 O Bi 2.02 1.90 1.44 1.55 1.67 s 2.66 2.88 2.21 He 3.5 5.5 Ne 4.60 5.10 Ar 3.36 3.30 Kr 3.0 2.98 3.10 Xe 2.6 2.59 2.40

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