How to determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar, a quick and simple way

A quick and simple way (the quick and simple way is at the end) to determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar once you have the Lewis structure of the molecule. You may need to watch the video on how to draw a Lewis structure. This method works with common molecules you will see in high school or undergraduate chemistry. Not to be confused with polar and nonpolar bonds. There is a "typo" at around 3:55 when it talks about the quick simple way to determine if a molecule is polar or nonpoloar. If they are different it is polar if they are all the same it is nonpolar. Thanks to liorak930 for picking up on that.

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• polarity
• polar
• nonpolar
• chemistry
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[liorak930]

wait 3:55 - 4:05 if they are not the same then its polar and if they are the same then it is polar?

[habiger]

@liorak930

my bad. did not catch that at all. If they are all the same it is nonpolar and if there are some that are different it is polar

[kiefert7]

THIS EXPLAINS SHIT 50X BETTER THEN MY CHEM TEACHER THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO!!!

[icripwalkinsocks]

wtf is this shit. drawing random arrows with no explanation

[JG3709]

thx

[PINKmeUP67]

this didn't help at all. how can i learn this

[gonsalves103]

3:55 to the end really helped me. I knew how to determine if a bond was polar but not if an entire molecule was polar.

[danimidnight1]

wow...i just had a test of this today, and i didnt know that they had this vid...which now made me to understand, but i think if i found this a long time ago..maybe i would have not asked so many daggum questions lol Thank you :))

[7035685457]

thanks



[liorak930]

@HarvieKevin same here. i even wrote it down word from word to see if that was what he was saying, but he corrected it.

[HarvieKevin]

@liorak930 i kept replaying to see if i was going crazy lol

[LyssaxoxoL0v3]

This helped me a lot, thank you!

[zeamitsukichan]

all those things that u said just flew over ma head ahh there's a hydrogen atom flying ah m gone mad :'( 2morrow is ma chemistry paper n m seeing atoms n molecules flying over ma head