Is chlorine a covalent or ionic bonding?

Answer 1

Chlorine typically forms covalent bonds when it reacts with other elements. In its elemental form (Cl2), chlorine atoms share electrons to form a covalent bond. However, when chlorine reacts with metals, it can also form ionic bonds by gaining an electron to become a chloride ion. So, chlorine can exhibit both covalent and ionic bonding depending on the specific chemical reaction it is involved in.

Answer 2

can be either ionic or covanelt. The covalent bond of chlorine can be shown by Cl2 because an electron pair is shared. (each chlorine atom only has 7 electrons so they share one each with the other to complete their octet) The ionic bonding of chlorine can be shown by NaCl: Ionic bonding occurs when positive and negative valency's come together so the valency equals 0. Na has a valency of +1, Cl has a valency of -1 so these two elements come together by their charge.

Answer 3

Chlorine can form both ionic compounds and covalent compounds.

If the electronegativity difference between the two atoms is above 1.7, then ionic bond is formed and if the difference is below 1.7, then covalent bond is formed.

Answer 4

Chlorine typically forms a covalent bond when bonding with itself or with other nonmetal elements. However, it can also exhibit ionic bonding when combining with metals to form ionic compounds like sodium chloride (table salt).

Answer 5

The single bond in Cl2 is covalent. Chlorine is an element. It normally comes in the form of covalently bonded molecules but can exist to a small degree as single, unbonded atoms.

Answer 6

Covalent, because they are both non-metals