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Carbon Dioxide

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Question

Carbon dioxide molecule contains

single covalent bond

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double covalent bond

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triple covalent bond

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ionic bond

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Solution

The correct option is B double covalent bond
$C O_{2}$ is a linear molecule $O = C = O$ . It consists of double covalent bonds. It has linear shape [with both C-O bonds of equal length (115 pm)] with no dipole moment.

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