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Practice Exercise: Dipole Moments

The dipole moment of chlorine monofluoride,


CF(g), is 0.88 D. The bond length of the
molecule is 1.63 .
(a) Which atom is expected to have the partial
negative charge? Why?
(b) What is the charge on that atom in units of e?
Answers: (a) F, (b) 0.11

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