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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A molecule that has partially charged positive and negative areas is what ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Polar molecule. For example, a molecule of water is polar because of the unequal sharing of its electrons between oxygen and hydrogen in which the former has larger electronegativity than the latter, resulting in a "bent" structure, whereas methane is considered nonpolar because the carbon shares the electrons with the hydrogen atoms almost uniformly. <from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_polarity >

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it depends. If the areas with partial charge are on opposite sides of the molecule, then akitav has given you the correct answer -- you have a polar molecule. But if the areas are placed in symmetric ways, so that they cancel each other's effects, you may still have a nonpolar molecule. It's hard to know which you mean without more context.

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