Answer
a) polar
b) nonpolar
Work Step by Step
a) The structure is a square pyramidal and thus there is a net dipole
b) The structure is a trigonal planar and thus the dipole moments will all cancel out to yield a net dipole of zero.
Chemistry (4th Edition)
by Burdge, Julia
Published by
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 10:
0078021529
ISBN 13:
978-0-07802-152-7
Chapter 9 - Questions and Problems - Page 415: 9.17
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