Electrons are shared between the atoms that are bonded. If there is an electronegativity difference between the atoms the electrons will be shared unequally.
Polar Colvalent
If it's a non-metal and non-metal, it is a colvalent bond. If it's metal and non-metal or metal and metal, then it is ionic. Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4 / Magnesium + Sulfate) is IONICbecause it is a metal and non-metal but it has a convalent bond in it, which is SO4 (Sulfur + Oxygen).
There are two ways to answer this. The first way would be for a person who is not very familiar with chemistry, and the second for someone who is. First description: A covalent bond can be best described as a bond between to atoms which share electrons. This is different from ionic bonds where electrons are taken from one atom and placed onto another. Second description: A covalent bond is an overlap of electron densities of same sign or potentialities (two bonding orbitals as opposed to antibonding) , which can be described by their orbital wavefunctions. I hope one of these answers suits you.
Covalent bonds SHARE electrons. Ionic bonds TRANSFER electrons.
A covalent bond results when electrons are shared between two or more atoms.
Polar Colvalent
the difference is thatcovelent bonds share electrons, thus creating bonds, the only reason they share electrons so that they can get full outer shells. Ionic bonds like....They bond between two different things, like a non metal, and a metal
it depends on the reactant. and the bond could be colvalent, ionic, coordinate, hydrogen bond or a mixture of these.
In bonds between metals and non- metals thety are transferred rather than shared
If it's a non-metal and non-metal, it is a colvalent bond. If it's metal and non-metal or metal and metal, then it is ionic. Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4 / Magnesium + Sulfate) is IONICbecause it is a metal and non-metal but it has a convalent bond in it, which is SO4 (Sulfur + Oxygen).
There are two ways to answer this. The first way would be for a person who is not very familiar with chemistry, and the second for someone who is. First description: A covalent bond can be best described as a bond between to atoms which share electrons. This is different from ionic bonds where electrons are taken from one atom and placed onto another. Second description: A covalent bond is an overlap of electron densities of same sign or potentialities (two bonding orbitals as opposed to antibonding) , which can be described by their orbital wavefunctions. I hope one of these answers suits you.
Covalent bonds SHARE electrons. Ionic bonds TRANSFER electrons.
A covalent bond results when electrons are shared between two or more atoms.
They share two electrons in a sigma bond (the kind of bond in a single bond) and two additional electrons in a pi bond (the bond that forms in a double bond). So in total, they're sharing four electrons in a double covalent bond.
no. A polar bond is a covalent bond in which electrons are shared unequally. A nonpolar bond is a covalent bond in which electrons are shared equally.
It becomes a positive ion.
Electrons are shared in a type of bond known as covalent. This type of bond is also considered a chemical bond.