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What are the relationships among bond order, bond energy, and bond length? Which of these quantities can be measured?
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Bond order: Bond order is the number of chemical bonds between a pair of atoms in a molecule. It is an indicator of the stability of a bond. A higher bond order generally means a stronger bond and greater stability. Show more…
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