Question 3 what geometric arrangement of charge clouds is expected for an atom that has five charge clouds? trigonal bipyramidal square planar octahedral tetrahedral

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16 December, 01:12

Question 3 what geometric arrangement of charge clouds is expected for an atom that has five charge clouds? trigonal bipyramidal square planar octahedral tetrahedral

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Danika Watson · Answer 1

A X5 E0 - trigonal bipyramidal - zero lone pairs;

A X4 E1 - seesaw - 1 lone pair;

A X3 E2 - T-shaped - 2 lone pairs;

A X2 E3 - linear - 3 lone pairs;

The only option that matches is trigonal bipyramidal.