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What is the molecular geometry of methane (CH4)?
What is the molecular geometry of methane (CH4)?
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What is the molecular geometry of methane (CH4)?
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Methane has a tetrahedral molecular geometry due to sp3 hybridization of the carbon atom.
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Methane has a tetrahedral molecular geometry due to sp3 hybridization of the carbon atom.
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Step 1: Identify the chemical formula of methane, which is CH4.
Step 2: Recognize that methane consists of one carbon atom (C) and four hydrogen atoms (H).
Step 3: Understand that the carbon atom in methane forms four bonds with the hydrogen atoms.
Step 4: Learn about hybridization, which is the mixing of atomic orbitals. In methane, the carbon atom undergoes sp3 hybridization.
Step 5: Realize that sp3 hybridization means the carbon atom has four equivalent hybrid orbitals.
Step 6: Visualize the arrangement of these four hybrid orbitals. They are arranged in a way that they are as far apart as possible.
Step 7: Conclude that this arrangement forms a tetrahedral shape, with bond angles of approximately 109.5 degrees.
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