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In solid ice, oxygen atom is surrounded
ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureAIIMSAIIMS 2011
Options:
  • A tetrahedrally by 4 hydrogen atoms
  • B octahedrally by 2 oxygen and 4 hydrogen atoms
  • C tetrahedrally by 2 hydrogen and 2 oxygen atoms
  • D octahedrally by 6 hydrogen atoms
Solution:
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The correct answer is: tetrahedrally by 4 hydrogen atoms
X-ray studies have shown that in ice, four hydrogen atoms tetrahedrally surround each oxygen atoms.

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