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Title: KCl is ionic or polar?
Post by: nightowl1 on November 07, 2009, 07:09:38 PM
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Title: Re: KCl is ionic or polar?
Post by: cth on November 08, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
KCl is ionic because it contains K+ and Cl- ions in its structure.

KCl is not polar because it doesn't contain any directional bond (for example covalent bonds), only ionic interactions. You can't define a molecule in the structure that would have an electric dipole. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_polarity