Why Methane is covalent bonding?

Answer 1

Since carbon has an electronegativity only slightly higher than hydrogen (2.55 to 2.2), it does not have enough electron affinity to steal the electron from hydrogen as in an ionic bond, but rather they just share it. Besides that, the simple definition is that ionic bonds occur between metals and nonmetals, and metallic bonds occur between metals in an alloy. Since neither carbon nor hydrogen are metals, it must be a covalent bond.

Answer 2

Methane has a covalent bond because the carbon atom shares its electrons with the four hydrogen atoms. This sharing of electrons leads to the formation of strong covalent bonds between the carbon and hydrogen atoms, resulting in a stable methane molecule.

Answer 3

Carbon and Hydrogen do not have much e.negativity difference.So they share electrons

Answer 4

4, one for each H attached to C

Answer 5

Methane is covalently bonded.