Bond Polarity

{
  "a": {
    "electronegativity": 0.93,
    "symbol": "Na"
  },
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:45:38.155Z",
  "b": {
    "electronegativity": 3.16,
    "symbol": "Cl"
  },
  "bondType": "ionic",
  "degraded": false,
  "difference": 2.23,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "moreElectronegative": "Cl",
  "notChecked": [
    "real bonding: ionic and covalent character is a spectrum and the cut-offs (0.4 and 1.7) are textbook conventions",
    "metallic bonding between two metals",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "Textbook cut-offs on the Pauling scale: under 0.4 nonpolar covalent, 0.4 to 1.7 polar covalent, over 1.7 ionic.",
    "A convention, not a sharp physical boundary."
  ],
  "source": "computed locally",
  "summary": "Na (0.93) and Cl (3.16): difference 2.23, ionic; Cl pulls electrons harder (partial negative).",
  "verdict": "IONIC"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://chemistry-calc.x402tookit.com/bond-polarity?a=Na&b=Cl'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://chemistry-calc.x402tookit.com/bond-polarity?a=Na&b=Cl' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchemistry-calc.x402tookit.com%2Fbond-polarity
const res = await pay("https://chemistry-calc.x402tookit.com/bond-polarity?a=Na&b=Cl");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://chemistry-calc.x402tookit.com/bond-polarity?a=Na&b=Cl")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)