Polarity
- refers to a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical group having an electric dipole or multipole moment
- this only works on covalent compound
Polar
- has unequal sharing of electron
- has a net dipole ( partial positive and partial negative charge )
- has the range of 0.1 to 1.6 difference in electronegativity
- one common example is WATER ( H2O )
Here:
> The partial positive is Hydrogen since Oxygen is more electronegative than Hydrogen
> It forms a single bond with 3 lone pair
Nonpolar
- has an equal sharing of electrons
- has a net dipole ( partial positive and partial negative charge )
- has exactly 0 difference in electronegativity
- the examples are the hydro carbons such as Methane ( CH4 )
>We all know that all Hydrocarbons are Nonpolar
>It forms 4 single bond and 0 lone pair