Odor is not typical of covalent bonds.
I think you meant "why do covalent compounds have an odor?". Not all covalent compounds can be smelled. Only gases can be smelled. If something doesn't produce gas, we can't smell it. Often a solid or liquid will produce traces of vapor, which can be smelled. But it is impossible to smell ionic compounds, since they do not produce vapor.
Because the inter molecular bonds of covalent molecules are weaker than the bonds between ionic. This results in some of the covalent molecules floating away.
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The formation of covalent bonds
Covalent bonds.
covalent bonds
There are four bonds.All are covalent bonds.
Covalent compounds are formed by covalent bonds.
Ionic bonds, Covalent bonds, Hydrogen bonds, Polar Covalent bonds, Non-Polar Covalent bonds, and Metallic bonds.
The formation of covalent bonds
Covalent bonds.
covalent bonds
There are four bonds.All are covalent bonds.
Covalent compounds are formed by covalent bonds.
BaBr2 has two ionic bonds, but no covalent bonds.
A molecule of methanol has five covalent bonds.
Organic molecules all contain covalent bonds. It is possible, though not common, to have an ionic bond as well as covalent bonds in a molecule.
Ethanol, C2H5OH contains covalent bonds. There are hydrogen bonds between molecules in liquid ethanol.
Proteins have peptide bonds which are covalent.
Not necessarily, but all polyatomic bonds are covalent.