Dipole Moment

Chemistry Level 2

Which of the following molecules has a non-zero dipole moment?

\ce{CO_{2}}

\ce{C_{2}H_{2}}

\ce{H_{2}Se}

\ce{CCl_{4}}

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Farhabi Mojib
Sep 12, 2016

The molecular geometry of $H_{2}Se$ is bent linear, with two lone-pair electrons on the central atom, So, there is a non-zero dipole moment in $H_{2}Se$ . The other three have symmetric molecular geometry and have zero dipole moment.

Dipole Moment

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