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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure: Bond order MCQ

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Bond orderHardQuestion 31019

Question

In molecular orbital theory, bond order is:

  1. A
    (bonding electrons - antibonding electrons)/2
    Correct
  2. B
    sum of all electrons
  3. C
    antibonding electrons only
  4. D
    number of lone pairs

Correct answer

(bonding electrons - antibonding electrons)/2

Explanation

This is the MO bond-order formula.

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