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What type of hybrid orbital is produced in this hybridization?

What type of hybrid orbital is produced in this hybridization?-example-1
What type of hybrid orbital is produced in this hybridization?-example-1
What type of hybrid orbital is produced in this hybridization?-example-2

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1) Hybridization. When two orbital get hybridized they form a new kind of orbital.

The picture shows that one s orbital is mixing with 3 p orbitals.

If one s orbital is mixed with three p orbital, they form four sp3 hybridized orbitals.

So, the answer is:


sp^3

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