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How many electrons are represented by a dash (-) in a lewis dot structure compound

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vfiekz [6]3 years ago

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That’d be 2 electrons. Each dot is 1 electron each dash is 2.

wlad13 [49]3 years ago

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nstead of using two dots to indicate the two electrons that comprise the covalent bond, a line is substituted for the two dots that represent the two electrons. Below is shown the Lewis structure for water. Two hydrogens (H) are separately covalently bonded to the central oxygen (O) atom.

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