Inorganic compounds are usually held together by what kind of bond?

Answer 1

It is the same type of chemical bond that is found in organic compounds: the covalent bond. Also known as 'the sharing of a pair of electrons', it forms usually single, & sometimes double bonds, and rarely triple bonds {- as in the case of a "pair of combining trivalent Nitogen atoms" - i.e. N triple-bond-N - this represents 'the sharing of three pairs of electrons' by two Atoms!}

Answer 2

I would say generally that ionic bonds hold inorganic compounds together because the definition of an organic compound is a carbon based compound, with few exceptions ( CO2, for one ).

NaCl

-----------inorganic and ionic

C6H12O6

---------------organic and covalently bonded

Na2CO3

----------------an ionically bonded inorganic compound, but the CO3 2-, carbonate, is polyatomic, covalently bonded internally and inorganic

Answer 3

Ionic bonds do hold many inorganic compounds together (there are many covalently bonded inorganic compounds also)

Answer 4

ionic bonds or covalent bonds depending on the difference in the electronegativities between the two atoms forming bond.

Answer 5

ionic bond

covalent bond

coordinate bond

hydrogen bond

van der Waals forces of attraction

Answer 6

COVALENT BOND

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