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Molecular shape — AQA & OCR GCSE Chemistry Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Chemistry · key term

Molecular shape

Definition

The three-dimensional arrangement of atoms bonded together in a molecule.

Used by AQA and OCR

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE Chemistry · 8462

Paper 1, Paper 2

Revise: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry

AQA Chemistry past papers

OCR GCSE Chemistry A · J248

Specification C2.2g · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)

The spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
For example, a model designed to show where bonding electrons came from may be poor at showing molecular shape.
Revise: Model Limitations

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OCR Chemistry A past papers

Scientific model

Three-dimensional representation