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Ionic, Polar Covalent, or Non-Polar Covalent?
« on: June 04, 2011, 02:34:25 AM »
I thought I understood this stuff, but apparently not, according to the results of my test  :'( >:( ::) ??? :o :-[

Are the following molecules IONIC, POLAR COVALENT, or NON-POLAR COVALENT? (I only have those 3 choices)
1) CCl4
2) CO2

Thanks, much appreciated!


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Re: Ionic, Polar Covalent, or Non-Polar Covalent?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 04:11:14 AM »
I thought I understood this stuff, but apparently not, according to the results of my test  :'( >:( ::) ??? :o :-[

Are the following molecules IONIC, POLAR COVALENT, or NON-POLAR COVALENT? (I only have those 3 choices)
1) CCl4
2) CO2

Thanks, much appreciated!



What are your definitions of these terms?

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Re: Ionic, Polar Covalent, or Non-Polar Covalent?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 02:52:35 PM »
I'm not quite sure what my teacher meant by these, because in class we learned that symmetrical molecules are non-polar, and that molecules without symmetry are polar.

Then he threw all those terms together on the test and messed everyone up.

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Re: Ionic, Polar Covalent, or Non-Polar Covalent?
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2011, 04:19:54 AM »
Do you know the structures of these compounds? The geometry?
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