order
bond order
covalent
covalent
The bond order is determined by the number of shared electrons between the two bonded atoms.
bond
bond order
covalent
covalent
The bond order is determined by the number of shared electrons between the two bonded atoms.
bond
bonded
The electrons are shared between the two atoms that bonded, combining the total number of electrons in a large electron cloud. In a polar covalent bond, one atom shares, or "attracts" most of the atoms, while in a nonpolar covalent, they are equally shared. Covalent atoms are always only shared, unlike with ionic compounds, which "steal" electrons from the other atom.
8 O=C=O Carbon and each oxygen are bonded by a double covalent bond consisting of 4 shared electrons. 2 double bonds = 8 electrons.
A single covalent bond is formed by two electrons
Nitrogen can form 3 covalent bonds. Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons. If nitrogen is to remain neutral complete the following equation number of valence = number of non-bonding electrons + (1/2) bonded electrons 5 = 2 + (1/2) 6
Two atoms
Two atoms