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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Which N-H bond has greater dipole moment. Plz provide explanation

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
Dipole moment of NH3 is higher than NF3 molecule.This is due to the fact that dipole moment is a vector quantity and hence resultant dipole moment in a molecule will depend upon the direction of dipole moments of individual bonds.