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What is the ball and stick model look like for Barium Hydroxide--Ba(OH)2.
mgm7890
Jan 14, 2010, 05:27 PM
I know it is linear but since the barium is plus charge and oxygen is negative is it bent down?
Unknown008
Jan 15, 2010, 11:38 PM
Barium hydroxide is an ionic compound and hence, has an ionic structure, or a giant ionic lattice structure.
Only molecular (covalent) structures are said to be 'bent', 'linear', etc.