Talk:Polar molecule

Copied from polar molecules. Somone might want to incorporate some of it:


 * 1)   Let’s look at one of the consequences of sharing these electrons.
 * 2)   In water, the oxygen atom tends to attract the shared electrons more strongly than do the hydrogen atoms.
 * 3)   Therefore, the electrons are more closely associated with the oxygen
 * 4)   The oxygen atom becomes somewhat negatively charged.
 * 5)   The hydrogen atoms become somewhat electron deficient and positively charged.
 * 6)   This means that the water molecule has an unequal distribution of water charge.
 * 7)   Such molecules are called polar molecules.
 * 8)   If there is no unequal distribution of charge in a molecule, it is a nonpolar  molecule.
 * 9)   Whether a molecule is polar or nonpolar is a key determinant in how the molecule interacts with other molecules.''