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Is P3Cl5 a ionic or covalent bond?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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PCl3 has covalent bonds. The difference in electronegativity between P and Cl is not large enough. The electronegativity of P is 2.19 and for Cl it is 3.16, and so the difference is less than one, making it a polar-covalent bond.

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ionic covalent

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Covalent

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