Give the order of decreasing bond strength of the following. List the bond strengths from left to right, starting with the strongest and ending with the weakest
a) CN+
b) CN
c) CN-
2007-10-18 12:02:00 · 2 answers · asked by ggmal8 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I am very sure I was correct. I showed my solution to another Chem Ph D. and he confirmed that I was right:
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2007-10-19 18:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by Hahaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think of covalent bonds are weaker than ionic bonds? Secondly, polar covalent bonds are weaker than non-polar ones. H-bonds come between covalent bonds and dipole-dipole forces. steel bonds variety plenty in potential it would be very perplexing to place them on your scale.
2016-12-15 03:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋