• # question_answer 84)   What is the effect of the following processes on the bond order in ${{N}_{2}}$and${{O}_{2}}$? (i) ${{N}_{2}}\to N_{2}^{+}+{{e}^{-}}$ (ii) ${{O}_{2}}\to O_{2}^{+}+{{e}^{-}}$

 Species Total electrons Configuration ${{N}_{2}}$ 14 $KK\sigma {{(2s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(2s)}^{2}}\pi {{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{2}}$$\pi {{(2{{p}_{y}})}^{2}}\sigma {{(2{{p}_{z}})}^{2}}$ $\frac{8-2}{2}=3$ $N_{2}^{+}$ 13 $KK\sigma {{(2s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(2s)}^{2}}\pi {{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{2}}$$\pi {{(2{{p}_{y}})}^{2}}\sigma {{(2{{p}_{z}})}^{1}}$ $\frac{7-2}{2}=2.5$ Bond order decreases from 3 to 2.5 ${{O}_{2}}$ 16 $KK\sigma {{(2s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(2s)}^{2}}\sigma {{(2{{p}_{z}})}^{2}}\pi {{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{2}}$$\pi {{(2{{p}_{y}})}^{2}}{{\pi }^{*}}{{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{1}}\pi {{(2{{p}_{y}})}^{1}}$ $\frac{8-4}{2}=2.0$ $O_{2}^{+}$ 15 $KK\sigma {{(2s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(2s)}^{2}}\sigma {{(2{{p}_{Z}})}^{2}}\pi {{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{2}}$$\pi {{(2{{p}_{y}})}^{2}}{{\pi }^{*}}{{(2{{p}_{x}})}^{1}}$ $\frac{8-3}{2}=2.5$ Bond order increases from 2 to 2.5