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describe the polarity of the sides of the water molecules facing toward and away from the two different ions

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Water (H2O) is polar because of the bent shape of the molecule. ... The highly electronegative oxygen atom attracts electrons or negative charge to it, making the region around the oxygen more negative than the areas around the two hydrogen atoms.

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