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Assuming you mean the bonds around a central atom attaching it to other atoms. The electron pairs in one bond (or lone pair) repel the electrons in the other bonds (this is due to Pauli exclusion principle). This is the basis for VSEPR theory (Gillespie- Nyholm theory)

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When an atom forms a bond what are the 3 things that its electrons can do?

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What is thedifferents between ionic bond and covalent bond?

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