Answered: Os – O bonds are of the type:

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Author:Klaus Theopold, Richard H Langley, Paul Flowers, William R. Robinson, Mark Blaser

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Chapter7: Chemical Bonding And Molecular Geometry

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14E: Explain the difference between a nonpolar covalent bond, a polar covalent bond, and an ionic bond.

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OsO4, osmium tetroxide, is a reagent used as a contrast medium in electron microscopy. The polarity of osmium is 2.2 and that of oxygen is 3.5. In this compound, the Os – O bonds are of the type:

a) polar covalent

b) nonpolar covalent

c) Ionic

d) Metallic

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