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8.Answer the following questions based on the Lewis dot structure for carbon dioxide
on the right. (4 points)

a). Why does carbon dioxide have a higher bond order than water?

b). What does this bond-order difference mean, in terms of bond energy?

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a). Carbon dioxide has a higher bond order compared to water. This is due to the stronger bond that forms between carbon and oxygen, which is greater than the bond between hydrogen and oxygen.

b). Water is H-O-H and carbon dioxide is O-C=O. but with 1.5 bonds from C to each O. So, the bond order is greater for CO2 and thus has higher bond energy.

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