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Electronegativity

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Question

State True or False.
In $C O_{2}$ molecule, CO bond is polar but $C O_{2}$ molecule is non-polar because the vector sum of Dipole moment of the two CO bond is zero.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The given statement is false.
In $C O_{2}$ molecule, $C = O$ bond is polar but $C O_{2}$ molecule is non-polar (with zero dipole moment) because the vector sum of dipoles of two $C = O$ bonds is zero.

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