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Why is a water molecle polar?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Water is polar due to the two sets of unbound electron pairs on the oxygen molecule which oppose the positivly charged hydrogen. This causes a dipole, a positive and negative end to the molecule.

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