The electron geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral even though the molecular geometry is bent.
As water molecule hybridisation is sp³ that provides it a electron geometry tetrahedral but due to presence of 2 lone pairs and 2 bond pairs its molecular geometry is bent.
The hybridisation sp³ makes electron geometry of a water molecule tetrahedral but the presence of 2 lone pairs makes its molecular geometry bent
Answer: Option (d) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
An atom or element which has the ability to readily gain an electron will have high electronegativity.
Both Beryllium and Calcium are alkaline earth metals and hence they are electropositive in nature.
Whereas both iodine and nitrogen are electronegative in nature. But across the period there is an increase in electronegativity and down the group there is a decrease in electronegativity.
Nitrogen belongs to period 2 and iodine belongs to the bottom of group 17. Thus, we can conclude that nitrogen is more electronegative than iodine.
HCl is the formula for hydrocloric acid
