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How many pairs of unbonded electrons does the water molecule have?
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How many pairs of valence electrons are there on the oxygen atom in the water molecule?
4 pairs
How many bonding pairs of electrons are there in water?
There are four electrons, which is two pair.
Can a molecule made of three atoms be linear if so how?
Yes it can, if there are no lone, unbonded pairs of electrons around the central atom. Water has 3 atoms, but also has 2 unbonded pairs. It is therefore a bent shape. Carbon dioxide, however, has no unbonded pairs, and is linear with 3 atoms.
How many nonbonding electrons are in a water molecule?
None; the oxygen has 2 missing "spaces" for electrons. The two hydrogens have 1 missing "space" for an electron each. Through sharing, all of the atoms fulfill the octet rule. (8 e- in outermost orbital)
The unequal sharing of electrons within a water molecule makes the water molecule .?
Unequal sharing of electrons in a water molecule causes the molecule to be polar.
How many pairs of valence electrons are there on the oxygen atom in the water molecule?
4 pairs
How many bonding pairs of electrons are there in water?
There are four electrons, which is two pair.
Can a molecule made of three atoms be linear if so how?
Yes it can, if there are no lone, unbonded pairs of electrons around the central atom. Water has 3 atoms, but also has 2 unbonded pairs. It is therefore a bent shape. Carbon dioxide, however, has no unbonded pairs, and is linear with 3 atoms.
How many electrons are in the outermost energy level of an oxygen atom as it share electrons whit hydrogen atoms as part of a water molecule?
There are a total of eight. Two pairs are bond pairs and two are lone pairs.
How many nonbonding electrons are in a water molecule?
None; the oxygen has 2 missing "spaces" for electrons. The two hydrogens have 1 missing "space" for an electron each. Through sharing, all of the atoms fulfill the octet rule. (8 e- in outermost orbital)
Why does water has a vent shape?
Because Oxygen in water firms two bond pairs of electrons with hydrogen and itself has two lone pair of electrons. Due to the repulsion between different pairs of electrons, those pairs are displaced in 3d space as far as possible with each other. Therefor if results of the bent shape of water molecule.
How many electrons are shown in its electron dot structure?
None. There will be two pairs (for a total of 4 electrons) on the Oxygen atom in the water molecule.
The unequal sharing of electrons within a water molecule makes the water molecule .?
Unequal sharing of electrons in a water molecule causes the molecule to be polar.
Which molecule has a tetrahedral arrangement of electron pairs but is not a tetrahedral molecule?
Water
Why do water molecules have bent shape and carbon dioxide molecules have a linear shape?
In a water molecule, there are two lone pairs of electrons connected to the oxygen. The lone pairs push the hydrogen atoms, creating a bent shape. In CO2, however, there are two double bonds and no lone electrons on the central atom, hence the molecule has a linear shape.
How many total electrons did the oxygen atom have before it bonded covalently withthe hydrogen atoms to form a water molecule?
An unbonded oxygen atom has eight electrons, with six of the electrons located in the valence shell. Two of the valence electrons are unpaired, and therefore can undergo covalent bonding with other oxygen atoms or nonmetals (such as hydrogen).
How many unshared pairs of electrons are in hydrogen iodide?
Oxygen has six (6) valence electrons. In the formation of a water molecule, two (2) of the valence electrons forms a covalent bond with two other hydrogen atoms leaving the water molecule with 2 unshared pairs of electron.
