• Pauling's principle of electroneutrality states that each atom in a stable substance has a charge close to zero. It was formulated by Linus Pauling in...
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    Oregon by his sister Pauline, but Pauling's ashes, along with those of his wife, were not buried there until 2005. Pauling's discoveries led to decisive contributions...
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    some defects. To maintain electroneutrality of the crystals, defects that involve loss of a cation will be associated with loss of an anion, i.e. these defects...
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    accordance with his principle of electroneutrality. The S−O bond length of 149 pm is shorter than the bond lengths in sulfuric acid of 157 pm for S−OH. The...
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  • the concept of a localized bond. The bond valence method is a development of Pauling's rules. In 1930, Lawrence Bragg showed that Pauling's electrostatic...
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