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Why do nitrogen molecules have triple bonds where is oxygen molecules have double bonds?
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∙ 7y ago
I think of it this way: the more bonds an atom has, the stronger it can hold onto the other atom, and therefore it's able to pull it in real tight - making it short and strong both! :) Here's what my chem book says: ---- * A single bond has a bond order of 1. * a double bond has a bond order of 2. * A triple bond has a bond order of 3. In a given pair of atoms, a higher bond order results in a shorter bond lengthand a higher bond energy. A shorter bond is a stronger bond. *Information from Chapter 9 in Silberberg's CHEMISTRY: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change. 4 Ed. pp 341 - 342.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 10y agobecause it takes more energy to break a triple bond than a double bond
Actually we know that in triple bonding one bond is sigma and other two bonds are pi covalent bonds and sigma bond is more stronger than the pi bonds and as the bond order increases the length shorten and the sigma bond become mora stronger which add to other two pi bonds hence tripple bond is more stronger than double bond.
because there is three times the dond
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∙ 12y agobecause the valency between the oxygen and nitrogen is different.
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∙ 12y agotriple bonds are stronger than double bonds. You have two pi systems instead of one holding the molecules together.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the nitrogen molecule is triple covalently bonded. With one sigma bond and two pi bonds. Chlorine is only covalently single bonded, one sigma bond.
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∙ 11y agoTriple bonds between atoms are generally stronger than double bonds.
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∙ 13y agocos' it does
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Why can't we use nitrogen the way we use oxygen?
Oxygen is more electronegative and so a better electron acceptor. Nitrogen as a gas is a triple bonded diatomic molecule and very unreactive this way.
Why can't triple bond nitrogen molecules chemically react under normal conditions?
because skipp is a legend...
Why does nitrogen not combine with oxygen in air?
It does (atmospheric fixation, fixing by biological processes), but assumedly you mean why doesn't it do it 'readily'. Nitrogen in the air exists as molecules of N2, the triple bond between the two atoms is very stable. Few things will freely react with it under normal circumstances, it can resist many oxidising agents including Oxygen itself.
What type of bond forms when two atoms of nitrogen to form a nitrogen molecule went to atom of a join to form oxygen molecule?
it forms a triple bond
How many double bonds are present in the entire molecule of nitrogen?
none. its a triple bond. N≡N
Which elements can form adiatomic molecules joined by a double covalent dond?
Only oxygen. The halogens and hydrogen form single covalent bonds, and nitrogen forms a triple covalent bond.
Nitrogen gas consists of what?
Nitrogen is composed of molecules each containing two nitrogen atoms
What diatomic molecule has a triple covalent bond?
Nitrogen molecules, with formula N2, have triple covalent bonds
What are held together by multiple covalent bonds?
Examples are oxygen, nitrogen , alkenes with carbon carbon double bonds, alkynes with carbon carbon triple bonds, the carbon oxygen double bonds in carbon dioxide
What are some examples of covalent bond?
Single, double, and triple carbon-carbon bonds; carbon-hydrogen bonds; carbon-halogen bonds; hydrogen-hydrogen bonds; nitrogen-nitrogen bonds; single and double carbon-oxygen bonds; silicon-oxygen bonds; nitrogen-oxygen bonds; etc.
What are examples of covalent bonds besides water?
Single, double, and triple carbon-carbon bonds; carbon-hydrogen bonds; carbon-halogen bonds; hydrogen-hydrogen bonds; nitrogen-nitrogen bonds; single and double carbon-oxygen bonds; silicon-oxygen bonds in silicone polymers.
Which elements can form diatomic molecules joined by a triple covalent bond?
nitrogen can :)
What type of bond or bonds is or are involved in nitrogen gas oxygen gas table salt sidewalk salt and is it ionic or covalent if covalent single doubleor triple?
The nitrogen atoms in nitrogen gas, N2, are triple covalently bonded. The oxygen atoms in oxygen gas, O2, are double covalently bonded. Table salt and sidewalk salt are composed of sodium and chloride ions chemically bonded, therefore they are ionic compounds.
Does nitrogen form single bonds only?
No; nitrogen can form single, double, or triple bonds.
What element can form diatomic molecules held together by a triple covalent bond?
nitrogen
Can nitrogen form single and double bonds?
Yes it can for single, double and even triple bond
What element forms a diatomic molecule with a triple covalent bond?
All halogen molecules (F2, Cl2, Br2, I2) are bonded with a single covalent bond, this bond is not ionic but molecular.ionic molecules (do not exist) are joined. this is because when a diatomic molecule it transforms to a ionic molecule when its joined by a single covalent bond.
