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How can molecules that are non-polar be induced into polar molecules?
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∙ 11y ago
This is called an induced dipole.
Let's say HCl, which is polar (which means the electrons like to hang out on one side more than the other), comes close to a C2 molecule. C2 looks like this C=C.
If the H-Cl comes close, the negative electrons in C2 will be attracted to the Hydrogen (because it's positive), just slightly. This will make C2 polar, because of its proximity to a polar molecule.
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