Write orbital diagrams (boxes with arrows in them) to represent the electron configurations of carbon before and after sp hybrid

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Triss [41]

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Write orbital diagrams (boxes with arrows in them) to represent the electron configurations of carbon before and after sp hybrid

ization.

Chemistry

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NemiM [27] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-29T02:54:54+03:00

NemiM [27]4 years ago

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Carbon has an electron configuration of 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2. During sp hybridization, one s and one p orbital of carbon combine to form two sp hybrid orbitals.