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How to calculate dipole moment for a bond?
« on: May 08, 2012, 11:58:01 PM »
Hello  :)

 I have this problem:

Estimate the dipole moments for the individual bonds in BeH2

I know dipole moment = charge x distance and that:

1.602 x10^-19 C = "1" charge
 I also know how to convert to Debye.

However, I don't understand how to calculate the distance between nucleous and the charge between them. I used the atomic radious and I did:

distance = ar Be + ar H with data from my periodic table but I am not sure if that is correct.

And I have no idea on how to calculate the "charge".

can someone help me to get through this problem? thanks  :)

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