Dipole Moment
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Re: Dipole Moment
Well if you take the lewis structure of say a water molecule. The formal charges of the two Hs and the O are all zero, but a dipole moment still exists between the partial negative and partial positive charges.
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Re: Dipole Moment
There is dipole moment when the electronegativity difference is big enough, and when the structure is not symmetrical
Re: Dipole Moment
There may be dipole moments in all types of bonds. Some non polar bonds may have a small dipole, but not a large enough difference in electronegativity that one atom donates all i's electrons to another. Just an unequal sharing of electrons that result in a slightly positive and negative charge.
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