explain Hybridization in brief.

Hybridization may be defined as the mixing of two or more than two atomic orbitals of an atom having comparable energy to give an equal number of identical orbitals having same energy and shape. All hybrid orbitals are oriented symmetrically to have maximum distance from each other

 

Methane: The atomic number of Carbon is 6, which has electronic configuration as follows:

 

Ammonia: Atomic number of Nitrogen is 14, which have electronic configuration is as follows:

 

Ground state configuration

 

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