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How do some atoms in covalent bonds become slighty positive or slightly negative?
When the difference of the electronegativity between the atoms is significant the molecule is less or more polar.
Do the hydrogen atoms in a water molecule tend to be slightly negative?
Yes, when combined with Silicon (Si), as in SiH4.
Atoms with a positive or negative charge are called ions?
That's correct! When atoms gain or lose electrons, they become ions with an overall positive or negative charge. Positive ions are called cations, and negative ions are called anions.
How do some atoms in covalent bonds become slightly negative or slightly positive?
In a covalent bond, atoms share electrons. If one atom is more electronegative, it can pull the shared electrons closer to itself, giving it a slightly negative charge, while the other atom, with less electronegativity, can become slightly positive as the electrons are closer to the more electronegative atom. This creates a dipole moment in the molecule.
How do some atoms in covalent bonds become slightly negative or slightly?
The pull of one atom is slightly stronger,or weaker than the pull of the other atom.
What is an atom that has a net positive or negative electric charge?
Positive atoms: cations. Negative atoms: anions
What are atoms called when they become charged positively or negative?
In general, an atom with a charge, either positive or negative, is called an ion.A positively charged atom is called a cation and a negatively charged atom is an anion.
What are atoms OR groups of atoms with a positive OR negative charge?
a zewithalarion shows poth positive and negative; go figure...
Are polar bonds positive?
Polar bonds do have a partial positive and partial negative charge on the atoms involved. The more electronegative atom attracts electrons more strongly, resulting in an uneven distribution of charge.
Particles in atoms can be?
negative,positive,none
Do atoms have positive and negative parts?
yes
what is polar covalent compounds?
A polar covalent compound is a compound consisting of molecules which have regions of positive and negative charge due to the covalent bonding between atoms. The atom with a greater charged nucleus ( atoms with greater proton number) will attract the shared electrons causing them to move closer to the nucleus which will make this slightly negatively charged due to the negative electrons. The atom which the shared electrons has moved away from ( atoms with smaller proton number) will become slightly positively charged.
