IV.E.4.

Compare polarizabilities

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Mostly atoms with atomic number less than than 18 (Argon). A few have Se or Br.
Six or fewer heavy atoms and twenty or fewer total atoms. Exception: Versions 8 and higher have a few substituted benzenes with more than six heavy atoms. Versions 12 and higher have bromine-containing molecules.

References dealing with polarizabilities

Title	Journal	Volume	Pages	Year	Authors
Additivity Methods in Molecular Polarizability	J. Am. Chem. Soc.	112	8533-8542	1990	KJ Miller
Electric-Dipole Polarizabilities of atoms, molecules and clusters	World Scientific			1997	KD Bonin, VV Kresin
Absolute scale determination for photoabsorption spectra and the calculation of molecular properties using dipole sum-rules	Chem. Phys.	223	59-98	1997	CE Brion, G Cooper, NM Cann, TN Olney

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