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Why is this a valid statement?
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The greater the electronegativity difference between the atoms in a molecule, the greater the dipole moment is
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
great question..the answer is:-
when the electronegativity difference increases the tendency to attract shared pair of electrons would be more for 1 out of 2 atoms combining to form molecule..with this one will get slightly positive charge and other get slightly negative charge..
thus the molecule having two charges is known as dipole molecule..it can be also said as polar-covalent molecule....here is an example for clarification:-
take chlorine and hydrogen ..they form HCl compound which is covalent..but the difference in their electronegitivities is 0.9 as chlorine have 3.0 and hydrogen have 2.1 so chlorine will attract shared pair of electrons and get slightly negative charge whereas hydrogen will get slightly positive charge...