Electrons are attracted to the protons of other atoms. This is what causes atoms to bond and what holds a molecule together. Electrons can be shared unequally in a molecule, creating a polar molecule.

A substance that contains polar covalent bonds may not be overall polar. This is due to the shape of the molecule. Water molecules are polar molecules. Both of the bonds inside the molecule are ...

Sucrose has many O–H bonds which are polar. These polar areas are shown with a + near the hydrogen atom and a − near the oxygen atom. The second space-filling model shows two sucrose molecules held ...

The difference in electronegativity between two bonded atoms determines the bond's polarity, with a large difference indicating a polar covalent bond (e.g., H-F bond) and a small difference indicating ...