I dont know what a polar atom is, or a non-polar atom, and I know that if I dont understand this, I'm dead. I know all that stuff about dipole-dipole and weak vanderwalls etc. But I just don't understand the meaning of polar, and the meaning of non-polar (also polar-covalent). Don't start going on about dipole moments, and differences on in electronegativity, cause I know that. Just tell me what the hell is the meaning of polar, and what is non-polar.
10:51 am on Nov. 3, 2008
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Put it this way. Water is polar. Anything that floats in water is also polar and has a charge.
Non-polar has no charge.
Polar-covalent consists of both a negative and positive charge.
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