Alcohol has one O–H bond which is polar, but a large portion of the molecule is made up of C–H bonds which are nonpolar. Alcohol molecules do not attract each other as strongly as water molecules and ...

You can draw the structural formula for water and hexane or build models of these compounds to demonstrate why one is polar and the other is not. To Conduct Demonstration Two burets are provided on a ...

In this article, we explore how the molecular structure ... and negative charges Excellent solvent for polar and charged species Ionic dissociation Water readily splits into protons and hydroxide ...

A substance that contains polar covalent bonds may not be overall polar. This is due to the shape of the molecule. Water molecules are polar molecules. Both of the bonds inside the molecule are ...