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  4. According to Pauling, the atomic orbitals combine to form new set of equivalent atomic orbitals known as

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Q. According to Pauling, the atomic orbitals combine to form new set of equivalent atomic orbitals known as

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

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According to Pauling, the atomic orbitals combine to form new set of equivalent orbitals known as hybrid orbitals. Unlike pure orbitals, the hybrid orbitals are used in the bond formation.