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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

Sir, How the bond length decreases as bond order increases?

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Bond length is related to bond order, when more electrons participate in bond formation the bond will get shorter. Bond length is also inversely related to bond strength and the bond dissociation energy, as (all other things being equal) a stronger bond will be shorter. In a bond between two identical atoms half the bond distance is equal to the covalent radius.