General Chemistry: Atoms First
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ISBN: 9780321809261
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.27SP
How many charge clouds are there around central atoms that have the following geometries?
- (a) Seesaw
- (b) Square planar
- (c) Trigonal bipyramidal
- (d) T-shaped
- (e) Trigonal planar
- (f) Linear
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