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(a) What is the hybridization of atomic orbitals? Why is

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(a) What is the hybridization of atomic orbitals? Why is it impossible for an isolated atom to exist in the hybridized state? (b) How does a hybrid orbital differ from a pure atomic orbital? Can two \(2p\) orbitals of an atom hybridize to give two hybridized orbitals?

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QUESTION:

(a) What is the hybridization of atomic orbitals? Why is it impossible for an isolated atom to exist in the hybridized state? (b) How does a hybrid orbital differ from a pure atomic orbital? Can two \(2p\) orbitals of an atom hybridize to give two hybridized orbitals?

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“Hybridization is the mixing of atomic orbitals in an atom to generate a set of hybrid orbitals.”

 

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