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Do covalent bond break into ions?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Sometimes, but not usually. The covalent bond in HCl, for example, breaks when the gas is dissolved in water, but the bonds in methanol, acetone, and most other organic compounds do not.

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