Polarity of Bonds

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• What causes bond polarity?
• Is the bond between H and S atoms polar?
• What is the bond polarity of the water molecule?
• How does polarity affect ionic bonds?
• What is a polar covalent bond?
• Can you compare the location of bonding electrons in a polar covalent bond with those in a nonpolar covalent bond?
• How does polarity affect bond angles?
• How can I determine bond polarity?
• What is an example of a polarity of bonds practice problem?
• What is a polar molecule?
• How can you determine the bond polarity between two atoms?
• How do you determine the bond polarity between two atoms?
• Question #1186d
• Question #a254b
• Why is the dipole moment of the C-Cl bond in chlorobenzene lower than that of cyclohexyl chloride?
• Which one of the following bonds would you expect to be the most polar? a) B–H b) N–H c) P–H d) Al–H e) C–H
• The electronegativity is 2.1 for H and 1.8 for Si. Based on these electronegativities, #SiH_4# would be expected ?A) be ionic and contain H+ ions (B) be ionic and contain H- ions (C) have polar covalent bonds with a partial negative charges on the H atoms
• Question #0e8fa
• What makes the classical dipole moment for water different than its experimental result? I used #r = 0.958# angstroms, #A_(HOH) = 104.4776^o#, and #q_(OH) = -0.52672 a.u.#, where #a.u. = # electron-charge. My result was #1.484 D#, compared to #1.85 D#.
• Question #f848e
• Question #8a5a1
• Could someone please group these bonds under Polar and Non-Polar and also under hydrophobic and hydrophilic? C=O, C-H, O-P, and C-C
• How do i determine which bond will be the most polar without being given the electronegativitiy numbers of each atom? Also, how do I determine which bond will be the longest?
• Is an aldehyde polar? What occurs when it reacts with methyl magnesium chloride?
• Question #fa306
• Why is carbon dioxide a non-polar molecule?
• Why are electrons shared equally in oxygen, #O_2# but not in carbon monoxide #CO#?
• How does chlorine substitution on a phenyl ring modify the reactivity of the ring?
• What does polar mean in chemistry?
• Question #d676f
• Can nonpolar molecules have polar bonds?
• How to calculate dipole moment of #"NH"_3#?
• What does a nonpolar covalent bond show about the electronegativities of its two atoms?
• What do polar covalent bonds result from?
• Which part of a phospholipid is charged, or polar?
• Ming has two unknown substances. One is nonpolar, and the other is polar. Which process would most likely help Ming identify the unknowns?
• Substances X and Y are both nonpolar. If the volatility of X is higher than that of Y, what is the best explanation?
• Question #75e9a
• Do only non-polar molecules experience London dispersion forces?
• Is the O-H bond in methanol polar or nonpolar?
• Why is the #"C"-"Cl"# bond length in chlorobenzene shorter than in methyl chloride?
• Which halogen, bromine or iodine, will form the more polar bond with phosphorus?
• Question #76da6
• Are #B-F# and #B-I# polar?
• Which pair of bonds is more polar: B-F and B-I?
• Which pair of bonds is more polar: B-O and B-S?
• Which pair of bonds is more polar: P-Br and P-Cl?
• What happens to electrons when a polar covalent bond forms?
• Question #bc771
• Question #35177
• In terms of structure and/or distribution of charge, why is #CO_2# a nonpolar molecule?
• The bond between which two atoms has the greatest degree of polarity in the following molecule?
• How do you determine what molecule would have the most polar bond from a list of molecules?
• Why is a #CO_2# molecule is nonpolar?
• Why is a molecule of #CO_2# nonpolar even though the bonds between the carbon atom and the oxygen atoms are polar?
• Why is a C-O bond more polar than a F-O bond?
• What property makes water unusual?
• In terms of a #P-Cl# bond in a molecule of #PCl_5#, why it is more polar than a #P-S# electron bond in a molecule of #P_2S_5#?
• Is it possible for a molecule to be nonpolar even though it contains polar covalent bonds?
• Question #7ba27
• How does the nonpolar character of oil molecules helps when removing oil from water using nets and floating barriers?
• Are #"CCl"_4# or #"CBr"_4# polar?
• What is the polarity of #Cl_2O#?
• Question #9a436
• Which of the following compounds is/are polar covalent: #H_2O#, #CaCl_2#, #N_2#, #CH_4#, #HNO_3#? How is this determined?
• Order the following bonds by increasing polarity? #"K"-"F"#, #"C"-"C"#, #"C"-"N"#, #"C"-"O"#, #"C"-"F"#
• How does chemical polarity affect a chemical bond?
• Question #40eec
• What is the relative order of bond polarity, with respect to #N-H#, #O-H#, #F-H#, and #P-H#?
• Question #ec927
• Which type of bonds share electrons unequally, polar or nonpolar?
• Do #H# and #H# form a polar covalent bond?
• Do #N# and #N# form a polar covalent bond?