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Q. Which orbital is used by oxygen atom to form asigma bond with other oxygen atom in $O_2$ molecule ?

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

Each O atom in $O_2$ molecule is surrounded by 2 lps and one surrounding atom. Hence, its hybrid state is $sp^2$