nonpolar
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Meaning
not ionic
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a nonionic substance
A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other.
For the nonpolar but piezoelectric crystals, on the other hand, a polarization P different from zero is only elicited by applying a mechanical load.
Hence, no nonpolar molecules are transported by proteins in the form of transmembrane channels.
In nonpolar covalent bonds, the electronegativity difference between the bonded atoms is small, typically 0 to 0.3.
It can be used with nonpolar compounds, but cannot accommodate complex chemistry.