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VARIOUS attempts have been made to systematize the force constants of chemical linkages. In the formulæ of Badger1 and of Clark2 relating the constant kA-B with the interatomic distance rA-B, there occur arbitrary constants the magnitudes of which depend on the positions of the atoms A and B in the Periodic Table, and in the later formula of Gordy3the electro-negativities of A and B are involved. None of these relations holds very generally.
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TORKINGTON, P. Variation of the Force Constant with the Ionization Potential and the Polarizability for some Halogen Compounds. Nature 161, 724–725 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161724b0
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