Comments on: What’s the difference between VSEPR geometry and shape? http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/geometry/whats-the-difference-between-vsepr-geometry-and-shape Let us help you add it up! Mon, 21 May 2012 12:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: im http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/geometry/whats-the-difference-between-vsepr-geometry-and-shape/comment-page-1#comment-6923 im Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:47:59 +0000 http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/geometry/whats-the-difference-between-vsepr-geometry-and-shape#comment-6923 No, they're different. Water for example has two non-bonding pairs of electrons. Its shape is "bent". Ammonia (NH3) is "trigonal pyramid", and methane (CH4) is "tetrahedral", all different shapes with the same electronic configuration. Just to be clear, "geometry" refers to the position of electron pairs in space, "shape" refers to the position of atoms.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSEPR_theory No, they’re different. Water for example has two non-bonding pairs of electrons. Its shape is "bent". Ammonia (NH3) is "trigonal pyramid", and methane (CH4) is "tetrahedral", all different shapes with the same electronic configuration.

Just to be clear, "geometry" refers to the position of electron pairs in space, "shape" refers to the position of atoms.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSEPR_theory

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