Though HCL is a covalent compound its aqueous solution carries electricity -- Why?
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HCl may be a covalent substance, but it has something called a polar bond, whereby one “end” of the molecule is more electronegative than the other end - in this case the chlorine.
This is because the chlorine has a far higher ability to draw electrons toward it, leaving the hydrogen without electrons and thus slightly electronegative. Taken far enough, this exchange of electrons would be considered an ionic bond, and there are no strict guidelines about at what point covalent becomes ionic.
This is because the chlorine has a far higher ability to draw electrons toward it, leaving the hydrogen without electrons and thus slightly electronegative. Taken far enough, this exchange of electrons would be considered an ionic bond, and there are no strict guidelines about at what point covalent becomes ionic.
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HCl may be a covalent substance, but it has something called a polar bond, whereby one “end” of the molecule is more electronegative than the other end - in this case the chlorine.
This is because the chlorine has a far higher ability to draw electrons toward it, leaving the hydrogen without electrons and thus slightly electronegative. Taken far enough, this exchange of electrons would be considered an ionic bond, and there are no strict guidelines about at what point covalent becomes ionic.
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