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CHM 101 Chemical Bonding Objective Question
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What is hybridization in the context of atomic orbital theory?
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A Mixing atomic orbitals of comparable energy to form new hybrid orbitals
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B Promoting electrons exclusively from core orbitals to valence levels
C Direct overlap of unhybridized p-orbitals without energetic mixing
D Separation of degenerate electron states into non-interacting spins
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Option A is the correct answer.

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Hybridization is the mixing of two or more atomic orbitals of the same energy levels to form new equivalent hybrid orbitals.

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Course: CHM 101
Topic: Chemical Bonding
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 1857 of 1872
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