Question

How did Pauling define electronegativity?

Answer 1

Pauling conceived of electronegativity as the ability of an atom involved in a chemical bond....

Explanation:

Pauling conceived of electronegativity as the ability of an atom involved in a chemical bond....to POLARIZE electron density towards itself. Pauling originally used ionization enthalpies, and electron affinities, measurable atomic properties, and these he then normalized to give a scale of arbitrary values that vary between `0` and `4`,,,