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Carbon tetrachloride has zero dipole moment because of ________.

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planar structure
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Smaller size of C and Cl atoms
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regular tetrahedral structure
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none of these
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Solution

The correct option is C regular tetrahedral structure
Carbon tetrachloride molecule has zero dipole moment even though C and Cl have different electronegativities and each of the C - Cl bond is polar and has some dipole moment. This is because the individual dipole moments cancel out because of the symmetrical tetrahedral shape of the molecule.


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