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Lewis Dot of Carbon Dioxide

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Produced from the complete combustion of hydrocarbons. Used by plants during photosynthesis.

CO2 contains 2 double bonded oxygen atoms 180o apart.

This symmetrical structure gives it a nonpolar shape and weak intermolecular forces.

 

 

from  http://treefrog.fullerton.edu/chem/LS/CO2LS.html

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