explain why H2O has dipole moment while CO2 does not have
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H₂O has dipole moment while CO₂ does not have dipole moment because:
- Water and carbon dioxide have different molecular structures, which explains the reason.
- Water is a polar molecule that typically has a dipole moment due to electronegativity differences between its atoms, but CO₂ forms a non-polar bond.
- However, the structure of the H₂O molecule is twisted due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on oxygen atoms. As a result, it has a net dipole moment and does not cancel the charges on the atom.
- There is no lone pair on the carbon atom in the CO₂ molecule, thus it forms covalent bonds with oxygen atoms. It takes the shape of a linear structure and cancels the charge on atoms with a dipole moment of zero.
- H₂O possesses a dipole moment due to its structure and lone pair of electrons, but CO₂ does not.
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