It's not an element, it's an electron.
The process of atoms joining together is called bonding. There are different types of bonding, such as covalent bonding where atoms share electrons, and ionic bonding where atoms transfer electrons to form ions that attract each other.
covalent bonding,ionic bonding
When atoms share electrons, as they do in covalent bonds, it creates a force that holds the atoms together.
Chemical bonding or covalent bonding.
The Chemical Answer is - covalent bonds, or bonding.
No, ionic bonding is also very important.
generally covalent bonding
share electrons to form a stable outer electron configuration. This sharing allows the atoms to fill their outer electron shells and become more stable. Covalent bonding occurs between nonmetal atoms.
Elements are put together through chemical bonding, where atoms of different elements share, gain, or lose electrons to form compounds. The type of bonding that occurs (ionic, covalent, metallic) depends on the interactions between the atoms involved. These compounds can then form various structures, such as molecules, crystals, or alloys.
Reactive elements have atoms that can combine to form compounds. The atoms in a compound are combined through different types of bonds, such as ionic, covalent, hydrogen, and metallic bonding. With ionic bonding, there is an exchange of electrons between atoms. Covalent bonding occurs when electrons are shared by two atoms.
You can form compounds with ionic bonds, or covalent bonds. Example 1: Salts are bonded together with ionic bonds, such as NaCl or CuCl2. When compounds have ionic bonds it is the electrostatic force between the atoms that bonds them together. Example 2: Inorganic/organic molecules are mostly bonded together with covalent bonding. this means that the atoms share pairs of electrons with each other, and there is a equilibrium between the attractive and repulsive forces between the atoms. CO2, EtOH, H2O all have covalent bonds "holding" the molecule together
A nonpolar covalent bond, because the atoms are the same element.