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What is the chemical structure of H2SO4

I was looking at the chemical structure of H2SO4 from http://www.webanswers.com/education/high-school/what-is-the-chemical-symbol-of-sulfuric-acid-23fae0.

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Intuitively, I would have expected this molecule to be square planar in a p2d2 or sp2d geometry but rather, it is shown to be in an tetrahedral geometry in an sd3 geometry.

I guess that an alternative way of asking this question is what is the hybridization of H2SO4?

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