Friday, March 11, 2016

Shapes of Molecules

This week we also learned about molecular shapes. These include Tetrahedral, Trigonal Pyramidal, Bent, Linear, Trigonal Planar. The shape determines the function of it meaning that the way the molecules arrange themselves in space depends on the number of lone pairs and bonded entities. The shape will also determine polarity.
Here are some examples of shapes:

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