covalent bond vs ionic bond

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noun

1. a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule

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These rules are the result of assigning all electrons in a covalent bond to the more electronegative atom in the bond.

The transport in the trail is a kind of catenation, the ability of a chemical element to form a long chain-like structure via a series of covalent bonds.

A covalent compound is held together by covalent bonds (a covalent bond holds two atoms together to create diatomic molecules, such as H 2 or N 2.

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noun

1. a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion

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Remember that ionic bonds are normally strong but very weak in water.

Or they can just borrow them, and make an ionic bond (also called electrovalent bond).

Ionic bonds form most strongly between elements like sodium and chlorine.

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