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A water (H2O) molecule is held together by covalent bonds. Since oxygen has a higer electronegativity than hydrogen, the bonding electron pairs tend towards the oxygen atom, making the oxygen atom a slight negative pole and the hydrogen atoms positive poles. With the additional V shape of the molecule that comes from oxygen's free electron pairs, the slightly polar bonds make the molecule a dipole with the negative pole on oxygen's side and the positive pole in the center between the hydrogen atoms. (This polarity is why a stream of water can be manipulated with a magnet.)
The H2O molecule does not conduct electricity as there are no delocalised electrons.
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