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Consider a hydrogen chloride (HCI) molecule in which direction will the electron cloud shift
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The electron cloud is shifted toward the chlorine atom. Chlorine is more electronegative than hydrogen (Pauling EN: Cl ≈ 3.0–3.2, H ≈ 2.1), so the shared bonding electrons are pulled closer to Cl. As a result Cl acquires a partial negative charge (δ–) and H a partial positive charge (δ+), and the H–Cl bond is polar (dipole directed from H toward Cl).
(If you meant an applied external electric field instead: the electron cloud shifts opposite the field direction — i.e., toward the positive electrode.)
(If you meant an applied external electric field instead: the electron cloud shifts opposite the field direction — i.e., toward the positive electrode.)
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