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Priyadarshini
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How and why do isoelectronic species have the same bond order? My book cites an example that says that F2 and O2 -2 (oxygen molecule ion) has a bond order of 1. I understand how fluorine gas has a bond order of 1. But how does the oxygen molecule ion have a bond order of 1? Is it because they both have the same number of valence electrons?
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