Polar molecules
Chemistry is a amazing and fascinating thing. So many things can come to mind when I think about Chemistry. One of the first things that come to mind first is polar molecules. Polar molecules are compounds that form polar covalent bonds. I find that these molecules are super cool and are so much fun to read about. Some examples of polar molecules are, water, ethanol, and sulfur dioxide. They get their name because they are slightly positively charged on one said, but negatively charged on the other. I find polar molecules so interesting because of how they can relate to the real world.
Polar molecules can often occur when electronegativity difference between bonds of two atoms. Electronegativity basically is the power to attract electrons. In the real world, polar molecules are used a lot more than I thought before looking into it. They are in H2O (water), which means they are much more necessary than I thought. Ethanol is also polar because it’s oxygen atoms help attract electrons to it. It does this because of their higher electronegativity than most other atoms within molecules. My last example is SO2 (sulfur dioxide). Sulfur dioxide is also polar because sulfur has an uneven distribution of atoms.
Now you know how important polar molecule elements can be. They are in many things we use on the daily. Without water being polar, it would be completely different. On earth, and any planet that has humans life forms, have polar molecules. They are in many things like sulfur dioxide and ethanol.
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