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What is the structural geometry of the NOF molecule?
Molecular geometry will be bent, electron geometry will be trigonal planar
The geometry of a methane molecule is that of a?
tetrahedron
What is the molecular geometry for P2?
The only possible geometry of a diatomic molecule such as P2 is linear.
What is the molecular geometry of the F2 molecule?
Linear
What is the molecular geometry of an ammonia molecule?
a square
What is the polarity of IO3?
What is the electronegativity and hardness of SO3
Does SO3 have tetrahedral geometry?
No. SO3 (sulfur trixoide) has trigonal planar geometry.
Is so3 2- polar or nonpolar?
AnswerPolar. Its geometry is bent, as it has one lone pair (nonbonding domain) and two bonding domains. It has an asymmetrical distribution of charge. However, it is not very polar as the electronegativities of sulfur and oxygen are similar.
Is SO3- polar or non-polar?
SO3 is a non polar molecule. Although the bonds between the S and O atoms are polar because S is more electronegative than O hence creating an electronegativity difference, the molecule is non polar. This is because the negative and positive centres are both loacted in the same place (at the S molecule) as they are all on the same plane and therefore there is no permanant dipole as the dipoles in the bond cancel each other out, therefore the molecule is non polar.
What molecule exhibits resonance?
The Choices are A. NH3 B. SO3 C. CCl4 D. H2S SO3 exihibits resonance
The electron geometry of a water molecule is even though the molecular geometry is bent?
The electron geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral even though the molecular geometry is _____. Bent
Is so3 ionic or covalent compounds?
SO3 sulfur trioxide is covalent. There are S=O bonds and the molecule is trigonal planar as predicted by VSEPR.
Why SO2 polar but SO3 is non polar?
SO2 has a bent molecular geometry such that you can say there is an oxygen end and a Sulfur end in the molecule. Because of this, the pull that the oxygen atoms exert on the electrons results in a net dipole moment. By contrast SO3 has a trigonal planar geometry. The oxygen atoms are arranged in a perfectly symmetrical arrangement around the central sulfur atom. As a result, the polarities of the 3 sulfur-oxygen bonds cancel each other out.
Is so3 a formula unit or molecule?
SO3 is the chemical formula for the compound sulfur trioxide. Sulfur trioxide gas is a major pollutant and a big contributor to acid rain. But SO3 may, with a 2- added to it as a superscript, represent the sulfite ion with a charge of -2.
Geometry for P in PCl6-?
electron-pair geometry is octahedral with no LPs and the molecule geometry is octahedral
What is the structural geometry of the NOF molecule?
Molecular geometry will be bent, electron geometry will be trigonal planar
What general patterns for identifying the electron geometry of a molecule?
To determine the structural geometry of a molecule, structural pair geometry must be used. These are the amounts of pairs found surrounding a specific molecule, and they are unique to each type of atom.
