difference in electronegativity of constituent elements in sodium monoxide
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Subtract the smaller electronegativity from the larger one to find the difference. For example, if we're looking at the molecule HF, we would subtract the electronegativity of hydrogen (2.1) from fluorine (4.0). 4.0 - 2.1 = 1.9. If the difference is below about 0.5, the bond is nonpolar covalent.
Electronegativity is a measure of how strongly an atom pulls a shared electron pair towards it.
The greater the electronegativity of an element, the stronger its attractive pull on electrons. For example, in a molecule of hydrogen bromide (HBr), the electronegativity of bromine (2.8) is higher than that of hydrogen (2.1), and so the shared electrons will spend more of their time closer to the bromine atom. Bromine will have a slightly negative charge, and hydrogen will have a slightly positive charge. In a molecule like hydrogen (H2) where the electronegativities of the atoms in the molecule are the same, both atoms have a neutral charge.