TEST 3: Polarity

[Shirley Liu 2I]

On test 3, should we draw dipole moment arrows pointing toward the positive or negative dipoles? In lecture, Dr. Lavelle has them pointing toward the negative dipoles while the textbook has them pointing toward the positive dipoles

[Becky Belisle 1A]

I think the arrow should always point toward the negative.

[AustinGrove3B]

I believe it is conventional to draw the dipole arrows towards the more electronegative atom... so the atom with the partial negative charge. I would probably recommend doing that on the test, especially because Dr. Lavelle did it that way.

[Kaylee Kang 1G]

I would follow Lavelle's example and have them point towards the negative!

[Anand Narayan 1G]

I believe the arrow should always point to the negative, and thats the way Lavelle did it in class, so I would probably do it that way

[Ronald Thompson 1F]

Arrows point to the atom with the negative charge.

[Jaifreen_Bhangu_3K]

The arrows should point to the atom with a negative charge.

[Anjali 4A]

I agree! the arrow should always point toward the atom with a negative charge.