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Adrian Wiechoczek

Why are there peaks in electronegativities in d-block elements?

David Ihnen  Follow

The peaks in electronegativity for elements may be named as groups as next:

V Cr Mn has a peak and then Mn drops down. Iron is the key as shown next.Zr Nb Mo has a peak and then a a plateau. Zirconium is the key as shown next.My research is displayed : Periodic Table of Elements : Shape of Each Nucleus affecting electronegativity

enter image description herehttp://pyramidalcube.blogspot.com/2017/08/periodic-table-of-shapes-of-nuclei.htmlThe shape of the nucleus affects the properties of the element. Notice howManganese is the last in a series from the carbon core cube-2, then iron starts the cube-3 shape. That transition across the Table causes the abrupt change in electronegativity.Alan Folmsbee

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History of Computing  Follow
and also Radon has a shape like in my table: More
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Hector Quintanilla  Follow
phys.org/news/2016-06-heavy-barium-nuclei-pear.htmlMore
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Jenna Johnson  Follow
ns.ph.liv.ac.uk/~lg/papers/…More
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Johanna Martinez  Follow
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Jason Shearin  Follow
and also Barium has a shape like in the Table More
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David L. Avery  Follow

You should know that closeness to filling a shell and atomic size are the reasons for the overall electronegativity trend. This also applies to the subshells, how close is an element to filling, or half-filling, a subshell? How large is the atom?

The atomic size trend for the d subshell is opposite to that of the overall trend. In period 4 the 3d subshell is deep in the core orbitals and the electron density is high, whereas in the lower periods the d orbital is more diffuse and can more easily accommodate more electrons, leading to a better energy payoff for completing the subshell. For the elements that take s electrons to fill the d subshell, this energy payoff is even greater from then filling the s subshell as they are very diffuse.

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