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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

which has greater dipole momemt R-Cl or R-F. why?

Profile image of vijay yadav
15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of vikas askiitian expert
15 Years ago

since florine is more electronegative than chlorine ,therefore dipole moment of R-F is more as compared to R-Cl....

Profile image of Ripu Daman Singh
15 Years ago

R-F has greater dipole moment.

because of more electronegativity difference between R-F than R-Cl.