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The CO2 molecule is a dipole. The statement is ______(a) True(b) FalseThis question was posed to me in an internship interview.Question is from Electric Dipole in section Charges and Fields of Physics – Class 12

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The correct answer is (a) True

To elaborate: If we observe the structure of the CO2 molecule, we will find that the two C=O bonds are not in a STRAIGHT line DUE to the PRESENCE of lone pair of electron of C atom. Therefore the dipole moments of the two C=O bonds don’t cancel out each other and hence there is a net dipole moment present in case of CO2 molecule. It means the center of POSITIVE and negative charge does not coincide in the case of polar molecules.



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