Posted by Kate on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 9:54am.
like disolves in like.
Water is a bent molecule, so the O end is negative. I am not certain what calculations you are going to show. If the molecule were linear, it would be non polar, because the differences in electronegativity (the attraction of electrons by the O atoms) would cancel out.
http://www.triangularwave.com/a1b1.htm
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