“…This fact is the rule, rather than the exception, when the electronegativity difference between the constituents, Δχ, is large as in Li-Pb (χ Li = 0.98, χ Pb = 2.33 in Pauling scale). In this system the measured thermodynamic, electrical and magnetic properties exhibit pronounced deviations from ideality at specific stoichiometric compositions [3,4]. Electron transfer from Li to Pb, gives rise to ionic bonding and preferred heterocoordination.…”