Answer» Characteristic features of hybrid orbitals : - Number of hybrid orbitals formed is exactly the same as the participating atomic orbitals.
- They have same energy and shape.
- Hybrid orbitals are oriented in space in such a way that there is minimum repulsion and thus are directional in nature.
- The hybrid orbitals are different in shape from the participating atomic orbitals, but they bear the characteristics of the atomic orbitals from which they are derived.
- Each hybrid orbitals can hold two electrons with opposite spins.
- A hybrid orbital has two lobes on the two sides of the nucleus. One lobe is large and the other small.
- Covalent bonds formed by hybrid orbitals are stronger than those formed by pure orbitals, because the hybrid orbital has electron density concentrated on the side with a larger lobe and the other is small allowing greater overlap of the orbitals.
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