Molecules that do not have oppositely charged ends are nonpolar molecules.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
A molecule with partially charged areas is called a polar molecule. This occurs when there is an uneven distribution of electrons, causing one end of the molecule to have a slight positive charge and the other end to have a slight negative charge. Examples include water (H2O) and ammonia (NH3).
The oxygen in the water molecule is Partially negative and the Hydrogen in the water molecule is partially Positive . Thus they bond up to form Hydrogen Bond.
partially positively charged hydrogen end of the molecule.
Those molecules are polar.
partially positively charged hydrogen end of the molecule.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
If you are talking about covalent bonded molecules, then you would call them polar molecules. This means one element is hogging the shared electrons more than the other. This would make one element partially charged positively, and the other element partially charged negatively The signs to show partially charged looks like an incomplete 8.
The ends of the water molecule have opposite electrical charges
The oxygen end of the water molecule is attracted to the sodium ion because oxygen is partially negatively charged, making it attracted to the positively charged sodium ion. This attraction forms an electrostatic bond between the water molecule and the sodium ion.