Chapter 10, Problem 10.84QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The percentage ionic character of the $\text{HF}$ molecule has to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

A covalent bond has $0\%$ ionic character whereas the ionic bond has $100\%$ ionic character. Percentage ionic character determines how much ionic character does a bond has. It can be calculated using the following formula shown here:

$\text{\%}\text{ionic}\text{character}=\left(\frac{{\text{μ}}_{\text{obs}}}{{\text{μ}}_{\text{ionic}}}\right)\text{×}\text{100}$

$\begin{array}{c}{\text{μ}}_{\text{obs}}=\text{Observed}\text{dipole}\text{moment}\text{or}\text{measured}\text{dipole}\text{moment}\text{.}\\ {\text{μ}}_{\text{ionic}}\text{=}\text{Calculated}\text{dipole}\text{moment}\text{when}\text{there}\text{is}\text{no}\text{sharing}\text{at}\text{all}.\end{array}$