Why geometry of sp3 hybridisation is tetrahedral and not square planar?
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The 2s orbital is mixed with all three of the 2p orbitals, creating four hybridized sp3 orbitals. Each of these has 25% s and 75% p character; electron repulsion favours a tetrahedral shape, so the orbitals are 109.5° apart from each other.
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