Sum of bond order of CO and NO + is

Sum of bond order of CO and NO+ is

Solution

Bond order is the number of chemical bonds between a pair of atoms and indicates the stability of a bond. 

Bond order=Number of bonding electrons-number of antibonding electrons2

The given two molecules have the same number of electrons(14) like nitrogen molecule.

Hence, CO  C¯O+  :BO=3

NO+NO+  :BO=3

The sum of the bond order of CO  and NO+

=3+3=6

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