Diagram illustrating the polarity of a general carbon-fluorine bond, with a partial positive charge on carbon (δ+) and a partial negative charge of fluorine (δ−). Representation of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\ce {{\overset {\delta +}{C}}-{\overset {\delta -}{F}}.}}}"><semantics><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mover><mtext>C</mtext><mrow><mi>δ<!-- δ --></mi><mo>+</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mo>−<!-- − --></mo></mrow><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mover><mtext>F</mtext><mrow><mi>δ<!-- δ --></mi><mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"><mo>−<!-- − --></mo></mrow></mrow></mover></mrow><mo>⋅<!-- ⋅ --></mo></mrow></mstyle></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\ce {{\overset {\delta +}{C}}-{\overset {\delta -}{F}}.}}}</annotation></semantics></math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/966c68bd1338997d4de795e4da4a5714160e408a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:6.495ex; height:4.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\ce {{\overset {\delta +}{C}}-{\overset {\delta -}{F}}.}}}"></span>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjah-bmm27" title="User:Benjah-bmm27">Ben Mills</a>
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