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Bond order is a term commonly used in MO theory. 1. How is it calculated? 2. How is it related to bond length and bond energy? |
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Answer» 1. Bond order = ½ (Nb -Na) where Nb = No. of electrons occupying bonding orbitals and Na = No. of electrons occupying antibonding orbitals. 2. As the bond order increases, bond length decreases and bond energy increases, i.e., bond order is directly proportional to bond energy and inversely proportional to bond length. |
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