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 10.93QE
The bond in
Explanation of Solution
The molecular electronic configuration of boron molecule is,
The number of electrons in the bonding orbital=6
The number of electrons in the antibonding orbital=4
The bond order of boron molecule can be calculated as,
Bond order
The molecular electronic configurations of
The number of electrons in the bonding orbital is five.
The number of electrons in the antibonding orbital is four.
Bond order of
Bond order
The bond order of
(b)
Interpretation:
The species, which have stronger bonds between,
Concept Introduction:
Refer to part (a).
(b)
Answer to Problem 10.93QE
The bond in
Explanation of Solution
The molecular electronic configuration of
Bond order of
Bond order
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 five and the number of electrons in antibonding orbital is 4.
Bond order
The bond order of the
(c)
Interpretation:
The species that have stronger bonds between
Concept Introduction:
Refer to part (a).
(c)
Answer to Problem 10.93QE
The bond in
Explanation of Solution
The molecular configuration of
There are ten electrons in bonding orbital and six electrons antibonding orbitals.
Bond order of
The molecular configuration of
Bond order of
Bond order of
The bond order of the
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