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It is difficult to find a completely nonpolar covalent bond (which have no ionic character) because in this type of bond, the electrons are equally shared. This only happens when two atoms of the same electronegativity are bonded, which basically means to atoms of the same element. Thus, only elemental molecules such as diatomic chlorine gas have completely nonpolar covalent bonds.

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