Polarity

Polarity

In chemistry, polarity refers to the distribution of electric charge across a molecule. A molecule becomes polar when electrons are unequally shared between atoms, resulting in partial positive and partial negative charges within the molecule. This uneven sharing occurs due to differenc...

Imagine a bar magnet with a north and south pole. Did you know that some chemical bonds also have similar opposite poles?

In chemistry, this concept is called polarity, and it occurs when atoms in a molecule share electrons unequally.

In some covalent bonds, when one atom attracts electrons more strongly than another, it becomes slig...