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Topic: can non-polar molecules have ionic bonds?  (Read 3903 times)

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Hadjiev

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can non-polar molecules have ionic bonds?
« on: October 30, 2005, 06:19:13 PM »
Curious if non-polar molecules can have ionic bonding.
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Re:can non-polar molecules have ionic bonds?
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2005, 07:29:45 PM »
Yes, in all bonds there will be an ionic and covalent component.
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Re:can non-polar molecules have ionic bonds?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2005, 08:26:23 PM »
A nonpolar molecule like methane still has a slight electrostatic bonding force to other methane molecules. The charge dipole and the attractive foce is so small that it has its own name; van der Waals.
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