Experiment: Turn on Show electronegativity. Electronegativity (EN) describes how strongly an atom attracts a pair of shared elec
trons. The higher the EN value, the greater the tendency of an atom to hold onto electrons in a bond and become negatively charged. Electronegativity difference is found by subtracting the EN value of one atom from another. Choose two nonmetals with a small (or no) EN difference between them. Click Play. What happens to the shared electrons in this bond
If we take two nonmetals with little or no electronegativity difference between them, the shared electrons are not attracted greatly towards any of the bonding atoms. In other words, the shared electrons remain equidistant between the nuclei of the two bonding atoms.
The bond is nonpolar since polarity is introduced into covalent bonds by a significant difference in electronegativity of the bonding atoms.
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