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Hydrogen forms some ionic and some covalent bonds - depending on its partner

EN for H is 2.2

En increase across the rows in the Periodic Table

Ionic bonds form between compounds with large differences in EN

Colalent bonds form between molecules with similar ENs

so (As a general rule of thumb) going across the periodic table it will first form ionic bonds then covalent molecular

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