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SF6 is non-polar.
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Fluorine is more electronegative than sulfur, so the bond dipoles point toward fluorine. However, all the six S-F bonds are arranged octahedrally around the central sulfur. F F
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F-S-F
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F F Because the octahedral geometry is symmetrical, the bond dipoles cancel each other, and the molecule is nonpolar, meaning that µ = 0. Source: Another Qs from the same topic (SF6 from wikiANSWERS) which quotes the source as:
"Straight from Chemistry: The Central Science. 11e. Brown/LeMay/Bursten/Murphy"
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