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Offline nightowl1

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KCl is ionic or polar?
« on: November 07, 2009, 07:09:38 PM »
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Re: KCl is ionic or polar?
« Reply #1 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

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