Those molecules are polar.
HCN is a linear molecule and as nitrogen is the most electronegative atom a small negative charge builds on the nitrogen atom and a small positive charge on the hydrogen. This forms a dipole (dipole means two oppositely charged ends). The intermolecular forces between HCN molecules are electrostatic and are caused by the dipole on one molecule interacting with one on another molecule. This is called dipole -dipole interaction.
Ammonia is a highly polar molecule. The nitrogen atom in it has a partial negative charge while the hydrogen atoms have a partial positive charge. The oppositely charged ends of two ammonia atoms attract one another.
Molecules that have charged ends are polar. The poles are only slightly charged, so they do not have the strength of ions, so they do not form chemical bonds with one another, however they do form weak attractions with one another. Water is the classic example of a polar molecule. The oxygen atom is larger and more electronegative than the hydrogen atoms. So the oxygen end of a water molecule has a slight negative charge and the hydrogen end has a slight positive charge. The oxygen atom of one water molecule will form a weak attraction with a hydrogen atom of another water molecule. This type of attraction is called a hydrogen bond.
A lack of balance in the charge at opposite ends of a structure is called a polar molecule or an ionic compound depending on the component elements.
Sodium chloride is an ionic compound which when it dissolves forms positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions, therefore, it dissolves in what are known as polar solvents, of which water is the best example; the asymetrical water molecule has a positively charged end and a negatively charged end (the two hydrogen atoms attach to the oxygen atom at roughly a 120 degree angle) and therefore there is a strong attractions that takes place between ions and water molecules, which orient themselves so that oppositely charged ends of the molecule face a given ion, creating an electrostatic attraction in accordance with Coulomb's Law. In comparison, gasoline is what is known as a non-polar solvent; the molecules do not have any charged poles, all sections of the molecule are electrically neutral, and so these molecules have no basis upon which to attract ions. Hence, the ions remain attached to each other - the solium attaching to the chlorine, in this example - rather than to gasoline molecules.
Molecules that do not have oppositely charged ends are nonpolar molecules.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
Nonpolar molecule is one which electrons are shared equally in bonds. Such a molecule does not have oppositely charged ends. This is true of molecules made from two identical atoms or molecules that are symmetric, such as CCl4.
A nonpolar molecule is a molecule that shares electrons equally and does not have oppositely charged ends.
Molecules that do not have oppositely charged ends are nonpolar molecules.
Water is a polar molecule, meaning that the partially charge ends of the water molecule will attracted the oppositely charged ions in the NaHCO3
Polar molecule
Non-polar molecules are ususally carbon saturated. Often contain no or very few Nitrogen or oxygens.
A molecule whose ends have opposite electric charges is called a polar molecule.
HCN is a linear molecule and as nitrogen is the most electronegative atom a small negative charge builds on the nitrogen atom and a small positive charge on the hydrogen. This forms a dipole (dipole means two oppositely charged ends). The intermolecular forces between HCN molecules are electrostatic and are caused by the dipole on one molecule interacting with one on another molecule. This is called dipole -dipole interaction.
The ends of the water molecule have opposite electrical charges