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Q: If sulfur has an atomic number of 16 how many covalent bonds does it form?
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If sulfur has atomic number of 16. how many covalent bonds can sulfur form?

2


How many covalent bonds in sulphur?

Sulfur can form two covalent bonds as in H2S, and can form 6 as in SO3. In elemnatl allotropes of sulfur which are covalent bonded, many are cyclic compounds the number of covalent onds is 2.


Does sulfur for ionic or covalent bonds?

Covalent


Does sulfur has ionic bonds or covalent bonds?

Sulfur will form covalent bonds with itself and other nonmetals, but will form ionic bonds with most metals.


Is sulfur dioxide an example of a covalent compound?

Yes, the bonds in sulfur dioxide are covalent.


What type of bonding is sulfur?

Sulfur has covalent bonds with nonmetals.


What is the maximum number of covalent bonds an element with atomic number 7 can make with an element with atomic number of 16?

It can make maximum 2 covalent bonds as element of atomic number 7 has 5 valence electrons while element having 16 atomic number have 6 valence electrons.


Does sulfur and phosphorus ionic bond?

No. Carbon does not form ionic bonds, and in this case they are double-covalent bonds.


What type of bonds hold the elements together in sulfur?

Covalent bonds. Sulfur has a number of allotrpes the most common has 8 sulfur atoms covalently bonded together to form a puckered ring.


Classify the following bonds as ionic covalent or neither O atomic number 8 F atomic number 9 Na atomic number 11 Cl atomic number 17 U atomic number 92?

You haven't stated any bonds, you have just given a list of elements. Those elements can form various compounds, some having ionic bonds and some having covalent bonds. Uranium can also form metallic bonds.


Does sulfur make covalent bond or inoic bond?

covalent bonds


Is BaSO4 a covalent and an ionic bond?

Ionic containing barium cations and sulfate anions the sulfate anion is poly atomic and contains 4 sulfur oxygen covalent bonds.