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| Apr 18, 2017 at 19:01 | history | edited | Melanie Shebel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 11:42 | history | edited | lagrange103 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I was wrong!
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 11:38 | comment | added | lagrange103 | @Jonathanjaya fair point, but this article ought to clear things up. The point is, deuterium's electronegativity IS different,and as you have diligently pointed out though this explanation may not be intuitive (or could be wrong), it was the best out of the others.I will edit my response. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_isotope_effect | |
| Dec 8, 2014 at 12:04 | comment | added | Jonathanjaya | You make a good point about the main force being hydrogen bonds. However, I don't see a reason why the neutron will affect electronegativity as the attraction of the electron to the nucleus depends on charge. Since the neutron has a neutral charge, the strength of the pull would not have increase/decrease. The neutron would have no way of reducing the charge, which means no change in electronegativity. | |
| Dec 8, 2014 at 5:40 | history | answered | lagrange103 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |