Sulfur dioxide has a dipole moment of 1.60 D. Carbon dioxide has a dipole moment of zero, even though C¬O bonds are more polar than S¬O bonds. Explain this apparent contradiction

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Sulfur dioxide has a dipole moment of 1.60 D. Carbon dioxide has a dipole moment of zero, even though C¬O bonds are more polar than S¬O bonds. Explain this apparent contradiction

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