What are atoms of covelent bond held together by?

Answer 1

... fact that some electrons of the atoms forming a covalent bond can occupy a lower energy orbital, created by sharing the thus bonded electrons between or among the influence of two or more nuclei of the bonded atoms, than the thus-shared electrons can occupy in the individual atoms from which they came into the covalent bond.

Answer 2

Covalent bonds are held together by electrostatic (+/-) attractions between the nucleus of one atom and electrons from another atom and vice versa.

Covalent bonds are held together by electrostatic (+/-) attractions between the nucleus of one atom and electrons from another atom and vice versa.
If we are simply talking about the hold between the atoms, this is a COVALENT BOND.

However, the reason that covalent bonding works is from the protons in both nuclei and maintained due to the stability in maintaining complete valence electron shells. Since both atoms "want" the electrons they are sharing in order to complete their valence electron shells, each will pull on those electrons with the strength of their protons in the nucleus. Since neither is strong enough to overcome the others' protons, the electrons, in effect serve as the bond. (In an ionic compound, the protons in one nucleus exert a much stronger pull than those in the other nucleus, leading to the electrons simply becoming a part in more electronegative nucleus.)
the attraction between the shared electrons and protons in each nucleus
covelancy bonds are held together by a strong force of attraction

Answer 3

The atoms in a covalent bond are held together by the sharing of electrons. If one atom needed 1 more electron to fill its valence shell and another was full, then the full atom would share one of its electrons with the other atom. This is a rather weak bond, as the atoms with full shells (called Noble Gases) do not like to react.

Answer 4

In a covalent bond, the way atoms stay together is they share electrons. Covalent bonds occur with non metals and some metalloids.

Answer 5

In a covalent bond electrons are shared between atoms.

Answer 6

sharing of electrons :)