What is the polarity of SiCl_4?

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anor277
Apr 30, 2017

While the individual Si-Cl bonds are polar...........

Explanation:

........molecular polarity is given by the VECTOR sum of the individual ""^(+delta)Si-Cl^(delta-) dipoles. For a tetrahedral molecule this vector sum is clearly ZERO. Agreed? And thus SiCl_4, just as is "CCl"_4, is a non-polar molecule.

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