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What is polar solution and non-polar solution?

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  • Polar solvents have large dipole moments ( simply can be called charge difference); they contain bonds between atoms with very different electronegativities, such as oxygen and hydrogen.
  • Non polar solvents contain bonds between atoms with similar electronegativities, such as carbon and hydrogen (think hydrocarbons, such as gasoline). Bonds between atoms with similar electronegativities will lack charge difference; it’s this absence of charge which makes these molecules “non-polar”.
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