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In a covalent bond, a pair of electrons is shared equally between two atoms. In an ionic bond, one atom gives its electron to the other atom, causing one of the two atoms to become positively charged and the other to become negatively charged. These two atoms are then attracted to each other because of their opposite charges. In most bonds, the electrons are somewhere between purely covalent and purely ionic, so that the electrons are not completely transferred, but they are shared unequally between the two atoms.
The degree to which the electron is unequally shared or transferred is based on the difference in electronegativity for the two atoms. The greater the electronegativity difference, the more unequally an electron is shared. If the electronegativity difference is greater than 2.7, it is considered to be an ionic bond. However, covalent bonds that have an electronegativity difference of greater than 0.4 are considered polar covalent, that is, covalent bonds with a slightly ionic character.
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∙ 11y agowhen one atom is s more electronegative than the other so that there is unequal sharing of the electrons
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What type of molecule is important for this force to be effective in bonding?
covalent
What type of bonding results in a molecule?
ionic or covalent bond can occur
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Ionic and covalent bonding
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Covalent
What difference in bonding between the solid state and gaseous state of iodine?
Iodine molecule has covalent bonds.
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It is a molecule with a covalent bonding.
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This is a nonpolar covalent bonding.
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covalent bonding. it is a diatomic molecule
Bonding that involves sharing of electrons within a molecule is called?
Covalent Bonding
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It is a molecule with covalent bonding.
What type of molecule is important for this force to be effective in bonding?
covalent
What kind of particle is formed as a result of covalent bonding?
A molecule.
What type of bonding results in a molecule?
ionic or covalent bond can occur
What makes an atom become part of a molecule?
Ionic and covalent bonding
What of kind of bonds are found in water molecules?
hydrogen bonding between H2O and covalent bonding within the H2O molecule
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Covalent and Dative covalent bonding.
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