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The dipole moment of hydrogen halides decreases form HF to HI. Explain this trend.

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The dipole moments of the different halogen halides along with the electronegativities of the atoms are given below :

The trends in the dipole moments are fustified on the basis of the difference in the electronegativities of the halongen and the hydrogen atoms because all of them are diatomic molecules. The difference is the maximum in HF while it is least for HI. Therefore, HF bond is maximum polar and the molecule has the maximum in HF while HI has the minimum value since it is least polar.
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