A scale of atomic magnetizability

Magnetizability (ξ) is an effective yet less explored periodic descriptor. It plays a pivotal role in exploring and elucidating chemical–magnetic interactions. Owing to scarcity of a scale of magnetizability and its atomic data, an empirical relation between magnetizability and radius has been proposed. Magnetizabilities have been computed for atoms of 102 elements of the periodic table. Computed values follow periodicity, observe all sine qua non of periodic properties and obey the minimum magnetizability principle. Also, they present a reasonable relationship with polarizability and ionization potential. An excellent correlation between the calculated molecular magnetizabilities and the existing data strengthens our motivation towards this work.