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Q. The formal charge on P atom in ortho-phosphoricacid molecule is

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

Orthophosphoric acid
Formal charge on P atom = $5- (4 \times 2) = \frac{1}{2} +1$

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