How is SiO2 polar?
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Re: How is SiO2 polar?
No, this was a question on the midterm and I put that it was polar and got it right. But I'm not exactly sure what makes it polar.
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Re: How is SiO2 polar?
It might be one of those "you should just know" pieces of information: SiO2 can't exist as a molecule by itself, Si has to be connected to two other oxygens atoms to make a covalent network, rather than just being a molecule by itself. Although it makes a nonpolar molecule overall, the SiO2 becomes polar. At least thats what I could find online
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