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JonnyG
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Let us use methane as an example. I thought that hybridization only occurs when the carbon atom bonds with the four hydrogen atoms. But apparently hybridization of the carbon atom occurs first, then the bonding with the hydrogen atoms form. My questions are:
1) What causes hybridization?
2) Does it occur only when a chemical change is underway and a bond is being formed?
3) Does it occur in all atoms?
1) What causes hybridization?
2) Does it occur only when a chemical change is underway and a bond is being formed?
3) Does it occur in all atoms?