Look at the plot for the formation of a molecular orbital for dihelium molecule

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Look at the plot for the formation of a molecular orbital for dihelium molecule (a molecule composed of two helium atoms).  Which statement about this diagram is not correct?

Look at the plot for the formation of a molecular orbital for dihelium molecule (a molecule composed of two helium atoms). Theoretical formation of di-helium orbitals Which statement about this diagram is not correct? The two wave functions for a bonding orbital and an anti-bonding orbital actually cancel each other out in the area between the two atoms. The positively charged nuclei repel each other due to their proton charge repulsions. The electrons around each nucleus are distributed evenly. The top plot represents a bonding Is orbital, while the bottom plot represents an anti-bonding Is orbital.

Explanation / Answer

The positively charged nuclei repel each other due to their proton charge

repulsions ----- (NOT CORRECT)

because it is the electrons in the bonding orbital that give rise to the

repulsion component and not the proton charge.

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