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AWK:
polarity of ozone:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00707.htm

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/webmo/ozone.html

jdurg:

--- Quote from: AWK on April 30, 2004, 02:02:45 AM ---polarity of ozone:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00707.htm

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/webmo/ozone.html

--- End quote ---

Heh.  This shows why polarity can be a bit of a pain to deal with.  On a bonding level, O3 is completely non-polar.  But on a molecular level, it is indeed polar.  (I.E. all the bonds involved are completely non-polar as they are all the same atom, but the geometry of the molecule causes the electrons to seemingly gather at one end of the molecule).  I guess you could say everybody was right on this one.   ;D

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