Pauling's Electronegativity Values of the Elements

Name

Electronegativ
ity
Value

Name

Electronegativ
ity
Value

Actinium

1.1

Gold

2.5

1.5

Hafnium

1.3

Name
Promethiu
m
Protactini
um

Electronegativ
ity
Value

Aluminu
m
Americiu
m
Antimony
Argon
Arsenic
Astatine

1.3

Holmium

-------

Radium

0.9

1.9
-----2.0
2.2

Hydrogen
Indium
Iodine
Iridium

2.1
1.7
2.5
2.2

------1.9
2.3
0.8

Barium

0.9

Iron

1.8

Radon
Rhenium
Rhodium
Rubidium
Rutheniu
m

1.3

Krypton

3.0

Samarium

1.2

1.5
1.9
2.0
2.8
1.7
1.0

Lanthanum
Lawrencium
Lead
Lithium
Lutetium
Magnesium

1.1
1.8
1.0
1.3
1.2

Scandium
Selenium
Silicon
Silver
Sodium
Strontium

1.4
2.4
1.8
1.9
0.9
1.0

1.3

Manganese

1.6

Sulphur

2.5

Carbon

2.5

Mendeleviu
m

1.3

Tantalum

1.5

Cerium

1.1

Mercury

2.0

Techneciu
m

1.9

Cesium

0.7

2.1

Chlorine
Chromiu
m
Cobalt
Copper
Curium
Dysprosiu
m
Einsteiniu
m
Erbium
Europium
Fermium
Fluorine

Berkeliu
m
Beryllium
Bismuth
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Calcium
Californiu
m

1.5

2.2

2.3

Tellurium

3.0

Molybdenu
m
Neon

------

Terbium

1.7

Neptunium

1.3

Thallium

1.8

1.9
2.0
1.3

Nickel
Niobium
Nitrogen

1.9
1.6
3.0

Thorium
Thulium
Tin

1.3
1.3
1.8

1.2

Nobelium

1.3

Titanium

1.5

1.3

Osmium

2.2

Tungsten

2.4

1.2

Oxygen
Palladium
Phosphorus
Platinum

3.5
2.2
2.1
2.3

Uranium
Vanadium
Xenon
Ytterbium

1.7
1.6
2.6

1.3
4.0

Francium
Gadoliniu
m
Gallium
Germaniu
m

0.7

Plutonium

1.3

Yttrium

1.2

1.2

Polonium

2.0

Zinc

1.7

1.6

Potassium
Praseodymi
um

0.8

Zirconium

1.3

1.8

1.1

Percent Ionic Character of a Single Chemical Bond

Difference in electronegativity
Percent ionic character
%

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
0.5 1 2 4 6 9 12 15 19 22 26 30 34 39 43 47

Difference in electronegativity
Percent ionic character
%

1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2
51 55 59 63 67 70 74 77 79 82 84 88 89 91 92 95