“…Since y T > 0, this means that" v > 0 and therefore (aw / aT) v 0, i. e. , the explicit contribution tends to decrease the frequency with increasing T. According to a general scheme suggested in reference [5], the fact that q 0.5 is indicative of predominantly covalent bonding. This is consistent with the results of references [12][13][14] and [21,22] where analogous conclusions are reached. On the other hand, the above results are contrary to those of references [23,24] where it was concluded that the bonding is largely ionic.…”