KnowraFormal chargeLinked fromLinked fromThe 39 pages that link to Formal charge, each with the reason it gives.All 39Broader topic 1Related 31Compared with 7Oxidation stateCompared with: Unlike oxidation state, formal charge splits shared bonding electrons equally.ElectronegativityCompared with: Unlike formal charge, electronegativity helps explain why bonded atoms may not share electrons equally.Dipole momentCompared with: Formal charge is bookkeeping; dipole moment reflects spatially separated charge.Effective nuclear chargeCompared with: Formal charge is bookkeeping for molecules, not an electron's experienced nuclear attraction.Molecular polarityCompared with: Unlike formal charge, polarity can arise without any atom carrying an integer charge.Phosphorus oxidation stateCompared with: Unlike formal charge, oxidation state assigns bonding electrons to the more electronegative atom.Chemical polarityCompared with: Formal charges are bookkeeping assignments, unlike the distributed charge separation described by polarity.