Why is water considered a polar molecule?

Question

also, why is water considered a inorganic material?

Answer 1

Not only does the electronegitivity difference between the hydrogen and oxygen exist, Its "bent".

On a water molecule there are 4 electrons not involved in bonding the hydrogen's to the oxygen, those electrons repel the hydrogen and push them closer together. This means it is not a straight line like H-O-H. If it were a straight line it would be non polar because the electronegitivity difference between the 2 hydrogen's and the oxygen would cancel out.

It is inorganic because it doesn't contain carbon. All organic molecules contain carbon.

Answer 2

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Why is water considered a polar molecule?

Answer 3

"2" seems to be the best answer, chemically speaking Polarity is traditionally thought of as an "uneven charge distribution". This results from an uneven distribution of electronic charge on a molecule. In water, the oxygen atom has a higher charge density than either of the two hydrogen atoms. This makes the oxygen atom "negative" and the hydrogens "positive". The net result is that each water molecule behaves like a tiny magnet and this gives water many unique properties such as its boiling point and the fact the solid is less dense then the liquid.

Answer 4

Water is a polar molecule, meaning that there is an uneven distribution of electron density. Water has a partial negative charge near the oxygen atom due the unshared pairs of electrons, and partial positive charges near the hydrogen atoms.

Answer 5

Water is a polar molecule because Oxygen is more electronegative than Hydrogen. As a result, the Oxygen tends to "hog" the electrons in the molecule and they spend more time around it than the Hydrogen atoms. The result is a partial negative charge surrounding the Oxygen and a partial positive charge around the Hydrogens.

Water is inorganic because it does not contain Carbon.

Answer 6

Becuase the electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen is very large. That means that oxygen wants to hold onto electrons a lot more than hydrogen does. So, the electrons that are being shared are closer to the oxygen, giving it a partial negative charge, and the hydrogens will have partial positive charges. This is a polar molecule.

Answer 7

that is what I want to know. why is a water molecule considered polar?

Answer 8

A water molecule effectively has a negative and a positive side. The two hydrogen atoms align themselves to one side of the oxygen molecule. The hydrogen atom has one electron buzzing around it. One type of atom hold its electron in much more closely than the other type< and I can't remember whether its the hydrogen or the oxygen; but the net effect is that the hydrogen atoms, off on one side of the molecule, give their end of the molecule a different local charge, or binding capacity, than the side dominated by the oxygen atom.

Answer 9

1. It is polar because the two hydrogens are opposite of each other when attached to the oxygen. They repel, which makes it polar.
2. It has no carbon in it

Answer 10

get a thin stream of water running from your tap. Take a plastic comb and comb your hair a bunch. then slowly bring the comb close to the thin stream of water. What you will see is the reason why water is considered polar, a static charge will deflect it.