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The 14 pages that link to Polarizability, each with the reason it gives.

• Dipole momentCompared with: Dipole moment describes existing charge separation; polarizability describes the response to a field.

• Raman spectroscopyBroader topic: Vibrational changes in polarizability create Raman activity.

• Rayleigh scatteringRelated: It determines how strongly a small particle responds to the incident field.

• Van der Waals forceRelated: Greater polarizability generally strengthens induced-dipole contributions to van der Waals attraction.

• London dispersion forceRelated: More polarizable particles develop larger induced dipoles and stronger dispersion forces.

• Molecular spectroscopyRelated: Changes in polarizability allow vibrational modes to produce Raman signals.

• Vibrational spectroscopyRelated: A vibration must change polarizability to produce a Raman-active signal.

• Hard and soft acids and basesRelated: High polarizability is a defining feature of soft species.

• Stark effectRelated: It sets the quadratic energy shift when no permanent dipole gives a linear shift.

• Electric susceptibilityCompared with: Unlike susceptibility, polarizability describes individual entities rather than a material’s bulk response.

• Fritz LondonRelated: Greater polarizability generally strengthens the dispersion attraction London described.

• HSAB theoryRelated: High polarizability is a defining feature of soft species.

• Atomic and molecular processes in external fieldsRelated: Induced dipoles explain how electric fields affect atoms and nonpolar molecules.

• Electric field effectsRelated: Induced dipoles explain how fields affect even molecules without permanent dipoles.