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According to the Oxford Dictionary, Covalent: Co/va/lent - Adjective, in Chemistry, Relating to or denoting chemical bonds formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms. Often contrasted with ionic.
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Are the bonds in a molecule of oxygen covalent?
Yes. By definition the bonds in any molecule are covalent
How many covalent bonds are present in a single bond?
A single bond has - by definition, only one covalent bond.
What is the best definition of nonpolar covalent bond?
water ammonia
What type of covalent molecules do not share electrons equally?
The electrons in a polar covalent bond are never shared equally between atoms. That is part of the definition of a polar covalent bond. The bonds, regarded abstractly, are always shared between atoms, because that is part of the definition of a covalent bond.
How is a formic acid a compound?
By definition, any covalent chemical is a compound. Formic acid is a covalent chemical (specifically, a monoprotic organic acid CHOOH).
What is the best definition of polar covalent bond?
A bond in which electrons are unevenly shared between atoms
How did Pauling define electronegativity?
Pauling's definition of electronegativity Electronegativity is defined as the attracted force which an atom, bonded by a covalent bond, exerts on the bonded pair of electron responsible for the covalent bonding.
Definition of nonpolar covalent bond?
A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons with each other.
What is a pair of electrons shared by two atoms in a covalent bond?
By definition, a covalent bond is a type of chemical bond characterized by the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms. If it's only one pair of electrons being shared, then it would be a single covalent bond, two pairs of electrons being shared is a double covalent bond, and three pairs of electrons shared would be a triple covalent bond.
An ion is an atom that shares electrons with other atoms?
Sorry that definition is inadequate as it could just as easily describe a covalent bond.
Why are compounds that have covalent bonds called molecules?
Because there are bonds there must by definition be more than 1 atom and hence a molecule.
Is OH- ionic or covalent?
covalent
