Question

What exactly is separation of charges in a molecule, dipole and dipole moment?

Answer 1

• A dipolar molecule forms as a result of acharge separation between the negativecharged electron cloud and the positive core,
• creating a permanent electric dipole moment. ... Consequently, these homonuclear molecules possess a dipole moment.
• Dipole is basicially a system comprising of two thing, opposite in nature are kept together...

• An electric dipole is a separation of positive and negative charges.
• The simplest example of this is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign,
• separated by some (usually small) distance. A permanent electricdipole is called an electret.
• Dipole moments occur when there is a separation of charge. They can occur between two ions in an ionic bond or between atoms in a covalent bond;dipole moments arise from differences in electronegativity. ... The dipole moment is a measure of the polarity of the molecule.