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Questions tagged 'CF4'

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Why is the CF bond in CF4 polar covalent? Shouldn’t it be nonpolar like in CH4?

Why is the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond in carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) considered polar covalent? Shouldn’t it behave like the carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond in methane (CH4), which is nonpolar?