Dipole Moment of H2O (Water)
The net Dipole Moment of the H2O water molecule is found to be 1.84 D. The bond angle in the water molecule is 104.5°, the water molecule has two oxygen-hydrogen bonds that can individually be treated as dipole and their individual bond moment of an oxygen-hydrogen bond is 1.5 D. The image given below shows the dipole moment of the H2O.
Dipole Moment
Two small charges (equal and opposite in nature) when placed at small distances behave as a system and are called as Electric Dipole. Now, electric dipole movement is defined as the product of either charge with the distance between them. Electric dipole movement is helpful in determining the symmetry and 3-D orientation of any polar molecule. In this article, we will learn about the Dipole movement, its properties, Formula, and others in detail.