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Grade 11Modern Physics

How to find center of mass with respect to carbon atom in carbon monoxide, if the distance of center of hydrogen atom and center of carbon atom is 1.130A.

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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If C-H bond length is 1.13AThen CO bond length will be 1.13/3A=0.38ABecause bond order of C-H is 1 and that of CO is 3.Then centre of mass w.r.t C will be[ 12 (0)+16 (0.38)]/12+16= 6.08/28=0.217A