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When a atom forms a covalent bond how many more electrons are gained?
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∙ 10y ago
Generally one, although if the bond is double or triple it may be 2 or even three. Also a dative, coordinate bond is essentially just another covalent bond and these involve a piar of electrons originating on one atom being shred.
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How are covalent bonds and atoms related?
If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules. If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules.
What happens with the electrons when a covalent bond forms?
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.
What is the difference between covalent bonds and ionic bonds?
An iconic bond is formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another. And a covalent bond forms when electrons are shared between atoms
What carbon atom forms a covalent bond with nitrogen?
Any carbon atom can form a covalent bond with nitrogen. In hydrogen cyanide, HCN, the carbon atom forms a triple covalent bond with the nitrogen atom. In amino acids, the carbon atom forms a single bond with a nitrogen atom.
How many electrons in covalent bonds are attracted to the nucleus of just one atom?
No electrons are "attached" to the nucleus of either atom. In a covalent bond one electron from each atom is shared with the other atom.
What is an atom that has lost or gained one or more valence electrons called?
covalent bonds
How does the carbon atom complete its octet?
it forms covalent bonds by sharing electrons
What do you call a bond that forms when electrons are tansferred from one atom to another?
This is a covalent bonding.
When an atom forms a bond what are the 3 things that its electrons can do?
The electrons can be shared equally (covalent bond). The electrons can be shared but one atom provides those electrons and the other provides none (dative or coordinate covalent bond). The electrons can be donated by one and accepted by the other atom (ionic bond).
What forms when an atom has lost or gained electrons?
When an atom looses an electron is called "a cation, when gains is called an "anion".
How are covalent bonds and atoms related?
If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules. If an atom reacts with another atom, one electron from the first atom is shared with the second atom. Since this electron is being shared, it spends some of its time orbiting the first atom and some of its time orbiting the second atom. At the same time, one electron from the second oxygen atom is shared with the first oxygen atom and spends time orbiting each atom. This pairing of the electrons forms covalent bonds. Covalent bonding forms covalent compounds. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms,which bond together in covalent bonds to form water molecules.
An atom that has gained an electron is?
An atom that has gained an electron becomes a negatively charged ion.
What is the role of electrons in the formation of covalent bonds?
The outer shell electrons of the atom form covalent bonds.
Electrons transferred from atom to atom?
covalent bond
Which bond forms by sharing electrons in the outermost shell?
The sharing of electrons between atoms forms a covalent bond. If electrons are donated from one atom to another to form a bond this would be an ionic bond.
What do atoms gain or lose when they bond?
If the chemical bond is ionic, an electron is gained or lost. If it is covalent, the electron is shared equally; if it is polar covalent, the electron is shared unequally. If the bond is intermolecular, no parts of the atom are actually shared, gained, or lost; the atom itself is simply attracted to other atoms.
What happens with the electrons when a covalent bond forms?
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.
