NCERT Exercise 4.40 - Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Question: Define bond order and calculate it for N2, O2, O2+ and O2-.
Answer: Bond order = (bonding electrons - antibonding electrons)/2. N2 = 3; O2 = 2; O2+ = 2.5; O2- = 1.5.
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