Chemistry: Atoms First
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259638138
Author: Julia Burdge, Jason Overby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 3PPB
For each of the following hypothetical molecules, draw one structure that is polar and one structure that is nonpolar: (a) H2SF4 and (b) H2PCl3.
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Chemistry: Atoms First
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