Question

3. What is the molecular polarity of CO2 and why?

Answer 1

CO2 has a linear, symmetrical structure, O=C=O. Its net dipole moment is zero, as the moments of the two C-O bonds, having opposite directions, cancels each other (0xygen is more electronegative than carbon). Is this answer still relevant and up to date? Carbon dioxide, which has the chemical formula CO2, is non-polar.

Answer 2

CO2 has a linear, symmetrical structure, O=C=O. Its net dipole moment is zero, as the moments of the two C-O bonds, having opposite directions, cancels each other (0xygen is more electronegative than carbon). Is this answer still relevant and up to date? Carbon dioxide, which has the chemical formula CO2, is non-polar.