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How a Covalent bond can produce a dipole.

OpenStudy (rushwr):

Covalent bonds in which the sharing of the electron pair is unequal, with the electrons spending more time around the more nonmetallic atom, are called polar covalent bonds. In such a bond there is a charge separation with one atom being slightly more positive and the other more negative thus the bond will produce a dipole moment.

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