Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
The Moessbauer spectra of tin salts has shown a strong correlation to this property, and this property can explain the inductive effect observed in sigma bonds. Neon exhibits this property the most on the Allen scale, while this quantity's equalization was developed in a model by Sanderson. Slater's rule is applied to find the effective nuclear charge used in the (*) Allred-Rochow definition, while it can also be found by taking the average of the first ionization energy and electron affinity using the Mulliken definition. Caesium exhibits this property the least, and is assigned a value of 0.7 on a scale developed by its formulator, Linus Pauling. For ten points, name this chemical property that describes an atom's tendency to attract electrons towards itself.
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Science