What is a hybridization?

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Posted by Sanyog Kumar 5 years, 3 months ago
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 3 months ago
The mixing or merging of dissimilar orbitals of similar energies to form new orbitals is known as hybridization and the new orbitals formed are known as hybrid orbitals.
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Orbitals belonging to the same atom or ion having similar energies get hybridized.
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Number of hybrid orbitals is equal to the no. of orbitals taking part in hybridization.
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The hybrid orbitals are always equivalent in energy and shape.
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The hybrid orbitals form more stable bond than the pure atom orbital.
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The reason hybridization takes place is to produce equivalent orbitals which give maximum symmetry.
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