Is sodium polar or non polar?

Answer 1

Sodium phosphate is ionic and readily break into ions in solution. It is not classified as polar nor non-polar because it is completely separated. In classification of molecules the three classes are non-polar, polar and ionic.

Answer 2

Sodium itself is a metal, and so is held together by metallic bonds (a kind of special kind of covalent bond that involves close overlap of atomic orbitals). To have a polar covalent bond you need a bond between two different atoms with differing electronegativities, but not so different that an electron is transferred and the two form an ionic bond.

Answer 3

An ion cannot be polar. When something is polar, like a water molecule, one side of it is slightly negative and the other is slightly positive. An ion is more like a point charge, where it can be positive (like Sodium) or negative, but not both. Ions will, however, generally dissolve in polar substances due to their charge attracting one end of the polar molecules around them.

Answer 4

Sodium is a metal and is nonpolar because it consists of positively charged sodium ions due to losing an electron to achieve a stable electron configuration.

Answer 5

polar....for other problems, try bonding the molecule first

Answer 6

No. An element on its own is never polar.

Answer 7

yes Na2S is polar

Answer 8

yes, it is polar. It has poles. Na+ SO4-

Answer 9

No, it is ionic solid.

Answer 10

Polar