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Find the interorbital angle when the s character in the hybridized orbitals is 0.414.


The answer is 135.

Satvik Choudhary by Satvik Choudhary , 23, India

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Satvik Choudhary
Jun 13, 2015

The s character and interorbital angle are related by the simple formula cos ⁡ α = s s − 1 \cos\alpha=\frac {s}{s-1} . When s = 2 − 1 s=\sqrt {2}-1 cos ⁡ α = − 1 2 \cos\alpha=-\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}

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