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No. Metals and nonmetals generally form ionic bonds. Lithium is a metal and chlorine is a nonmetal, so an ionic bond forms between lithium and chlorine to form the ionic compound lithium chloride (LiCl).
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Do hydrogen and chlorine form a covalent bond?
That's right, hydrogen and chlorine, which combine to form hydrochloric acid, form a covalent bond.
What type of bond would form between chlorine and chlorine?
This is a covalent bond.
Does chlorine and fluorine form an ionic bond?
No, they form an covalent bond.
Is chlorine ionic or covalent?
Chlorine can form both ionic and covalent bonds, depending on what it is bonded with. If bonded with a metal, it will form an ionic bond. If bonded with a non-metal, it will form a covalent bond.
What kind of bond can chlorine atom form?
Chlorine can form both ionic and covalent bonds. For example:-NaCl- Here bond between chlorine and Sodium is ionic.HCl- Here bond between Hydrogen and Chlorine is covalent.
Which two atom forms a covalent bond?
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Is Flouride and Lithium covalent bond or a ionic bond?
When lithium and fluorine react together, they form an ionic compound - lithium fluoride.
Why lithium form covalent compound?
Lithium only form covalent bonds in lithium hydride compound (LiH), but in chloride (LiCl) it is an IONIC bond ( Li+ and Cl- )
What compounds can chlorine form?
polar covalent bond to form chlorine gas. covalent bonds to form chloro-alkanes when reacted with carbon.
What pair is most likely to form a covalent bond lithium and iodine sodium and oxygen calcium and chlorine copper and tin or carbon and oxygen?
Carbon and oxygen are the only pair in that list that will form a covalent bond; the others will form ionic bonds, except for copper and tin which will form a metallic bond.
Can nitrogen and chlorine form covalent bonds?
Yes, nitrogen and chlorine will form covalent bond as the electronegativity difference between nitrogen and chlorine is below 1.7
Why is it not possible for a chlorine atom to form a double covalent bond?
Chlorine has 7 valence electrons and needs one more electron to form octet. Hence each chlorine will form only one covalent bond and not two bonds (or double bond).
What type of bond would form between carbon and chlorine?
A Covalent Bond because carbon and chlorine are both non metals and a covalent bond is between the electros of the nonmetals.
Is chlorine an example of covalent bond?
In its elemental form chlorine takes the form of covalently bound molecules.
Which element would most likely bond with lithium and form an ionic compound?
The elements of the halogen family are more likely to bond with lithium. Chlorine readily combines with lithium to form lithium chloride.
What kind of bond does chlorine and carbon forms?
Carbon and Chlorine form polarized covalent bonds
How does chlorine bond with others to form a molecule?
Gaining an electron chlorine fprms covalent bonds.
Can two chlorine atoms bond?
Yes, two chlorine atoms can bond, to form Cl2, which is the elemental form of chlorine.. The individual atoms do not gain or lose electrons but share them forming a covalent bond.
Use covalent bond in a sentence?
When one hydrogen atom and one chlorine atom bond, they form a covalent bond because they are both nonmetals.
Is chlorophyll an ionic or a covalent bond?
Chlorophyll makes a covalent bond, as the elements it is made from, hydrogen, chlorine and carbon, all need what the others have and so they form a covalent bond
Is chlorine a ionic bond or a covalent bond?
The single bond in Cl2 is covalent. Chlorine is an element. It normally comes in the form of covalently bonded molecules but can exist to a small degree as single, unbonded atoms.
Does sodium chloride have a covalent bond?
No, it is an IONIC BOND; chlorine does not share any electrons with sodium to form a bond.
NaCl is a ionic bond or a covalent bond?
Ionic, chlorine does not share any electrons with sodium to form a bond.
Do lithium and calcium form an ionic bond?
No, because they are both metals they form a covalent bond. An ionic bond is when a metal and a non-metal combine.
Why An atom of lithium (Li) forms an ionic bond with an atom of chlorine (Cl) to form lithium chloride. How are the valence electrons of these atoms rearranged to form this bond?
The difference between the electronegativities of lithium and chlorine is big and an ionic bond is formed by electrostatic attraction.
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