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Aluminium does not form covalent bonds as it is a metal, rather it forms a cation with a charge of +3.

as usual times, aluminium form ionic bonds with non-metal elements due to the fact that it can form +3 charge (fyi: ionic bond is an attraction between a +ve charged ion with a -ve charged ion). however, there are cases where aluminium forms covalent bond, dative covalent bond to be exact. this is where one aluminium forms 3 ordinary covalent bond with 3 chlorine atoms and one dative covalent bond by accepting a lone pair (2 unpaired electrons) from another chlorine (chlorine is attached to another aluminium with covalent bond), thus aluminium forms 4 3 ordinary covalent bond and 1 dative covalent bond

Note: Chlorine is not affected when sharing 2 (better stress as lone pairs) of it electron to aluminium when forming dative bond as it DOES NOT accept any electrons from aluminium in return in dative covalent bond. chlorine only accpet electrons from only normal covalent bond or normal ionic bond.

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