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Hydrogen bonds have more characteristics of a covalent bond than an ionic bond.

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Do ionic or covalent have hydrogen?

Hydrogen is involved in covalent bonds but sometimes also in ionic bonds.


What is the two main type of bonds?

The two main types of chemical bonds are ionic and covalent.


What type of bonds does hydrogen form?

Hydrogen bonds with hydrogen bond acceptor atoms such as Oxygen. Covalent bonds with nearly anything.


Is a hydrogen bond stronger that an ionic bond?

No, hydrogen bonds are weak in comparison to both ionic and covalent bonds.


Is hydrogen a special form of a ionic bond?

Hydrogen is an element, not a bond. It can form bonds, which are usually covalent, but an ionic bond with hydrogen is possible, for example, lithium hydride is an ionic compound. While this, like every compound, does have its own distinctive features, I would not call it a special form of ionic bond.


What are three types of chemical bonds found in living things?

Three types of chemical bonds found in living things are ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and hydrogen bonds. Ionic bonds involve the transfer of electrons between atoms, covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons between atoms, and hydrogen bonds involve the attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom and a slightly negative atom.


Is hydrogen an ionic bond?

If you mean is the bond in hydrogen gas, H2 ionic then the answer is no.


Are ionic covalent and hydrogen bonds all types of molecular bonds?

Covalent bonds form molecules where ionic bonds form ionic lattices. Hydrogen bonds are a form of intermolecular bonds which are formed with the participation of polar hydrogen atoms which are attached to either nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.


Does hydrogen form an ionic bond?

Hydrogen typically forms covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds. In a covalent bond, hydrogen shares electrons with another atom, such as oxygen, to achieve a stable electron configuration. Ionic bonds involve the complete transfer of electrons from one atom to another, which is not the case with hydrogen.


Is hydrogen a covalent or an ionic bonds?

Hydrogen typically forms covalent bonds. In its simplest form, hydrogen shares electrons with another atom (usually another hydrogen atom) to form a covalent bond. However, in certain cases, hydrogen can also form ionic bonds with more electronegative atoms like fluorine.


Will hydrogen always form an ionic bond or a covalent bond?

Hydrogen will usually form a covalent bond - so that it has a full valence electron level and so does the other thing it is bonding with (if the other thing only needs one more electron to complete its octet) however, in water, the hydrogen will form hydrogen bonds!


Are hydrogen bonds as strong as ionic and covalent bonds?

No they are significantly weaker.