Barswhere and Dave Star are right. Mostly. The short answer is "non-polar". The more complete answer is "mostly non-polar, some polar, no ionic"
Aromatic (ring structures like benzene), straight chains (like octane) and branched (like dimethyl hexane) are made of only C and H and are all non-polar.
There are polar compounds in gasoline but as more minor fractions. All detergents, which all gasolines contain, have a polar end and a non-polar end.
"Oxygenated" compounds are mandated in some jurisdictions (usually due to high winter ozone levels). It can be methanol, ethanol, mTBE, etc in fractions from 5 to 15%. That oxygenated group (C-O-O-H, etc) makes the compound polar.
Ionic? Nope, none. That's stuff like NaCl that disassocates into Na+ and Cl- in water.
2006-10-07 07:21:50
·
answer #1
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
Is Gasoline Polar
2017-01-09 08:57:10
·
answer #2
·
answered by ? 4
·
0⤊
0⤋
Non-polar. The components of gasoline are a specific fraction of the hydrocarbons from crude oil. Hydrocarbons are all non-polar. Organic molecules don't become polar until you add atoms like oxygen, nitrogen, halogens, etc.
2006-10-04 09:36:23
·
answer #3
·
answered by Dave_Stark 7
·
1⤊
0⤋
non-polar. most of the bonds are c-c or c-h, which are non polar
2006-10-04 08:36:01
·
answer #4
·
answered by barswhereami 2
·
0⤊
0⤋