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What shape is the HNO3 molecule in its gaseous state?(a) Bent(b) Linear(c) Planar(d) See SawThis question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.This interesting question is from P-Block in portion P-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 12

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The correct option is (c) Planar

Easy explanation: In the gas state, the nitric acid MOLECULE has a triangular planar SHAPE with a steric number of 3 no lone pairs of electron. There are two major RESONANCE forms of nitric acid.



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