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serg [7]
3 years ago
9

What geometric shape is the carbon dioxide molecule? The Lewis structure for CO2 contains two double bonds.

Chemistry
1 answer:
Greeley [361]3 years ago
7 0

The answer would be Linear. in Carbon Dioxide, the two double bonds count as two pairs of electrons around the carbon atom, predicting linear geometry.

source: http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/207epgeom.html

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