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Lesson: Chapter 10 — Chemical Bonds

10.3. Polarity of bonds 8 of 8

Question 8

What decides whether a covalent bond is polar or non-polar?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The difference in electronegativity between the two atoms. Where there is no difference the electrons sit symmetrically and the bond is non-polar; where there is one, they are pulled to one side.

N2 shows that the number of shared pairs is irrelevant — it has three and is still non-polar. Bond strength and molecule size are different properties again.

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