Can nonpolar molecules have polar bonds?
Sometimes, there can be.
If there is, it must all cancel out. If you consider
#:stackrel(..)"O"="C"=stackrel(..)"O":#
but we should note that it has two dipole moment vectors in the
#stackrel(larr)( :stackrel(..)"O"=)"C"stackrel(rarr)(=stackrel(..)"O": )#
These are of equal magnitude but opposite direction, so they cancel out perfectly. Thus,
However, it doesn't mean
These correspond to
If it were not possible for
We could have treated these identical-magnitude dipole moment vectors as
#vecl + vecr#
#= << 0,0,1 >> + << 0,0,-1 >>#
#= << 0,0,0 >> = vec0#
which is a dot, representing the nonpolar result of two dipole moment vectors of identical magnitude and perfectly opposite directions summing together.
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Yes, nonpolar molecules can have polar bonds if the polarities of the bonds cancel each other out due to symmetry or the arrangement of atoms.
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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
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