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Chemical polarity
Chemical polarity, also known as bond polarity or simply polarity, is a concept in
chemistry
which describes how
equally bonding
electrons
are shared between
atoms
. It is a physical property of compounds and affects other physical properties such as
solubility
,
melting points
and
boiling points
. Polarity also affects
intermolecular forces
, leading to some compounds or molecules within compounds being labelled as polar or non-polar.
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nonpolar
Adjective
1. not ionic; "a nonionic substance"
(synonym) nonionic
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A dipole is a pair of electric charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude but opposite polarity (positive and negative) separated by a small distance. Polarized (polar) molecules possess this electromagnetic quality.
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