Ammonium radical is atomic pretender
by
David Bradley, RSC
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last modified
09-26-11 08:13 AM
Copyright 2011, RSC
The electronegativity of neutral ammonium radicals is very similar to that of sodium © Chem. Eur. J.
When chemists think of the neutral radical ammonium, few think of it as behaving like an alkali metal. However, in many ways, particularly its electronegativity, which can be transferred from compound to compound, it acts like a pseudo-atom akin to sodium, according to computations by a team from the UK and the US. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/September/23091104.asp
