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will form covalent bond since they're both nonmetals+ since losing/gaining electrons takes a lot of energy, the # of electrons in their outewr shells will make it difficult .. so, the alternative is sharing electrons... ~Hetaliafan~ Hope this helps!! :)

ionic=metal+nonmetal

covalent= nonmetals

metallic= metals

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