Is clorine a covalent or ionic?

Answer 1

Chlorine, Cl2 is covalent. Any molecules which consist of two atoms of the same element must be covalent.

In compounds with other elements chlorine can form ionic or covalent compounds.

Answer 2

Chlorine typically forms covalent compounds. In its elemental form, chlorine exists as diatomic molecules (Cl2), where the two chlorine atoms share electrons. This is a characteristic of covalent bonding.

Answer 3

First of all it is spelled as 'Chlorine'

A chlorine molecule is covalently bonded. It is a single covalnelt bond between two chlorine atoms.