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How many covalent bonds can oxygen form with another oxygen atom?
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∙ 13y ago
Because oxygen contains six valence electrons, it can allow two other oxygen (or other elements) atoms to covalently bond with it.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago2 covalent bonds. The oxygen atom needs to gain two valence electrons, so it shares with two other atoms to reach this.
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∙ 13y agoTwo oxygen atoms that bond to each other usually form one covalent bond that is called a "double bond" because it involves four electrons instead of only two.
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∙ 12y agoWell according to me and teacher the have at least 15 cause hey need to form in a greater extert
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∙ 12y agoone double bond because oxygen atom has 6 electrons in last shell so it share two electrons with any non metel atom
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∙ 7y agoThe molecule of oxygen has two covalent bonds.
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∙ 16y agooxygen can form 2 covalent bonds -Alzar
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∙ 12y agoTwo.
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What happens when a hydrogen atom covalently bonds to one oxygen or nitrogen atom is attracted to another oxygen or nitrogen atom?
hyrdrogen bonds.
What type of bonds does hydrogen form?
Hydrogen bonds with hydrogen bond acceptor atoms such as Oxygen. Covalent bonds with nearly anything.
A chlorine atom reacts with a sodium atom to form sodium chloride, NaCl. A chlorine atom can also react with another chlorine atom to form a chlorine molecule, Cl2. Which statement BEST explains the behavior of chlorine in these two reactions?
A chlorine atom can form ionic bonds by accepting an electron and covalent bonds by sharing electrons.
What kind of bond is formed between water molecules?
Hydrogen bonding is usually formed between one lone pair of electrons of the oxygen atom of one water molecule and the hydrogen atom of another water molecule. Hydrogen bonding forms as a result of electro-negativity difference between oxygen atom and hydrogen, with oxygen being more electro-negative.
How are the oxygen molecules in a molecule of oxygen held together?
If you are mentioning about sticking two hydrogen atoms with one oxygen atom, then it's water. Other than that, oxygen and hydrogen are not together, unless they are water, hydrogen peroxide, or some other compound with an -OH group. In such compounds the hydrogen and oxygen are held together by covalent bonds, the sharing of electrons.
Is Oxygen a covalent bond or a ionic bond?
Oxygen is an element. It forms chemical bonds with another oxygen atom, forming a nonpolar covalent bond. It forms covalent bonds with other nonmetals, and ionic bonds with metals.
What are O-H Bonds?
Covalent bonds between a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom.
What types of bonds hold together a water molecule?
Water has covalent bonds.The bonds between atoms in a water molecule are covalent bond, somewhat polar ones.
How many covalent bonds is an oxygen atom able to from?
Only one covalent bond.
What bonds does water form between hydrogen and oxygen?
Covalent bonds hold the atoms together in a water molecule. In covalent bonds atoms share electrons.
What type of bonding in carbon dioxide?
Double covalent intramolecular bonds with the oxygen. Van der Waal's intermolecular bonds.
How are covalent bonds and atoms related?
If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules. If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules.
Why atoms share covalent bonds?
covalent bonds are when one atom shares the same valence electrons with another atom other.Covalent bonds are how atoms stay together
In a single molecule of water the two hydrogen atoms are bonded to a single oxygen atom by?
covalent bonding
How does an atom of oxygen get converted into oxide ion when any carbon atom is close to it and vice verse?
This does not happen. Carbon forms covalent bonds with oxygen, not ionic bonds.
What hold the hydrogen atoms to the oxygen atom?
In a water molecule the hydrogen atoms are held to the oxygen atom by covalent chemical bonds.
What holds the hydrogen atoms to the oxygen atom?
In a water molecule the hydrogen atoms are held to the oxygen atom by covalent chemical bonds.
