Chemistry A-Level
Bond angle of about 109.5°
What Bond angle of about 109.5° means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Bond angle of about 109.5°
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Electron pair repulsion pushes the four bonds towards the corners of a tetrahedron, giving a bond angle of about 109.5°.
Topics that use Bond angle of about 109.5°
- Alkanes (OCR A-Level)
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