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An atom of a tetravalent element: C, Si and so on.
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What is the electron pair geometry for ammonium ion?
The electron pairs in an ammonium ion are disposed along the four lines from the center of a tetrahedron to the four corners of the tetrahedron, with the nitrogen atom at the center of the tetrahedron.
What is the molecular geometry of PF3?
In a molecule of phosphorus fluoride, the phosphorus atom is in the center, and it is surrounded by the three fluoride atoms which are arranged at three of the four points of a tetrahedron. (The fourth point of the tetrahedron contains an electron pair from the phosphorus atom.)
What shape would a molecule with four atom surrounding a central atom have?
A tetrahedron.
A silica tetrahedron is composed of four atoms of what element and one atom of?
A silica tetrahedron is composed of four atoms of oxygen bound to a central atom of silicon, with the formula of SiO4.
What is the geometry of the central atom?
The geometry of Methane (CH4) is tetrahedron or tetrahedral
The four single bonds of a carbon atom are directed in space toward the corners of what?
A tetrahedron.
What is the geometry around central atom of ch4?
The geometry of Methane (CH4) is tetrahedron or tetrahedral
What is the atom's center is called?
The center of an atom is called the nucleus.
Center of atom?
The center of an atom is the atomic nucleus.
What's the center of an atom called?
The center of an atom is called a nucleus (nucleifor plural).Center of an atom is called the "Nucleus".
What is the electron pair geometry of SiH4?
The molecule SiH4 has the silicon atom in the center (naturally) and the four hydrogen atoms are arranged very symmetrically at the corners of a tetrahedron, surrounding the silicon atom. Each hydrogen atom shares its single electron with the silicon, and the silicon shares its four valence electrons evenly with the four hydrogen atoms.
What is the molecular geometry of PH4?
tetrahedron
