Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
The species, which have stronger bonds between,
Concept Introduction:
Bond energy:
The bond order is the number of electrons pairs shared between two atoms in the formation of the bond. The amount of energy required to break a bond is called
Bond order
Where,
(a)
Answer to Problem 10.94QE
The bond in fluorine molecule is stronger than the
Explanation of Solution
The molecular electronic configuration of fluorine molecule is,
The number of electrons in the bonding orbital=10
The number of electrons in the antibonding orbital=8
Bond order of fluorine molecule can be calculated as,
Bond order
The molecular electronic configurations of
The number of electrons in the bonding orbital is ten.
The number of electrons in the antibonding orbital is nine.
Bond order of
Bond order
The bond order of
(b)
Interpretation:
The species that have stronger bonds between
Concept Introduction:
Refer to part (a).
(b)
Answer to Problem 10.94QE
The bond in
Explanation of Solution
The molecular configuration of
There are ten electrons in bonding orbital and seven electrons antibonding orbitals.
Bond order of
The molecular configuration of
Bond order of
Bond order of
The bond order of the
(c)
Interpretation:
The species, which have stronger bonds between,
Concept Introduction:
Refer to part (a).
(c)
Answer to Problem 10.94QE
The bond in
Explanation of Solution
The
The electronic configuration of
The molecular electronic configuration of
There are six electrons in bonding and four electrons in antibonding orbitals.
The molecular electronic configuration of
The number of electrons in the bonding orbital is six and the number of electrons in antibonding orbital is 4.
Bond order
The bond order of the
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