Why methane is not a polar molecule?

Answer 1

well to start with carbon-hydrogen is a polar bond, but the methane molicule is not polar. (ch4 ) This is because of the spacing of the atoms. according to vesper theory the carbon atom is in hte center with hydrogen atoms spaced equuilly around it. This is a tetrahedral molicule and it is non polar because the electrons tend tot eh carbon atom and that makes theb hydrogens slighty possitive, but the average of the diffrent poles is the carbon atom itself so it is non polar. just a general rule of thumb, all tetrahedral molicules made up of two diffrent types of atoms will be non polar

Answer 2

Methane is a carbon atom surrounded by 4 hydrogens. Because hydrogen surrounds the carbon each side has the same polarity making it not polar, water for example is polar because it is an oxygen atom with 2 hydrogens. This means that half this molecule has hydrogen and half doesn't so have has hydrogen polarity and half has oxygen

Answer 3

Methane (CH4) is not a polar molecule because it has a symmetrical tetrahedral shape with carbon at the center and hydrogen atoms at the corners. The electronegativity difference between carbon and hydrogen is very small, meaning the distribution of electrons is uniform, resulting in no net dipole moment and making it non-polar.