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In this type of bonding the 2s orbital and the three 2p orbitals of the carbon atom are mixed to produce four identical orbitals, a process known as sp3 hybridization. The CS2 molecule is linear and the carbon atom is bonded to each sulphur by a double bond.
Carbon atoms are about 25% lighter than oxygen atoms (the ratio of their weights is 3 to 4). What is the weight ratio of the carbon and oxygen that go into the formation of carbon monoxide? Answer the same question for carbon dioxide. Answer: Carbon monxyde has the chemical composition CO, i.e. there is one carbon atom for every oxygen atom; therefore the weight ratio of carbon to oxygen in this compound is just the weight ratio of the atoms, i.e. 3 to 4. In carbon dioxide, , there are two oxyen atoms per carbon atom, so the carbon to oxygen weight ratio in carbon dioxide is 3 to 8. [2.4] Which of these is a pure compound, which is an element, and which is neither: (a) pure water, (b) oxygen gas, (c) liquid mercury, (d) , (e) U, (f) air,