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when an atom of hydrogen and an atom of fluorine bond together what happens to the charges and electronegativity?

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Fluorine pulls the bonding electron pair towards itself in the H-F molecule, creating a partial negative charge (δ-) on fluorine and a partial positive charge (δ+) on hydrogen. This results in a polar covalent bond between them.

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