is locked away at the centre and no matter what direction you approach the molecule from you see a \(\delta-\) charge. This means that the molecule itself is non-polar due to symmetry.

Opposite polar ends of molecules attract and hold one molecule to another. Alcohol has one O–H bond which is polar, but a large portion of the molecule is made up of C–H bonds which are nonpolar.

Each molecule consists of a long non-polar covalent hydrocarbon ‘tail’ and a polar, ionic ‘head’ where the charge is. This structure explains the cleansing action of soap as the non-polar ...

a prototype ionic solid compound. The calculations show that these molecules, despite whether they are homonuclear or heteronuclear, polar or non-polar, small or large, can all react with NaCl and ...