Covalent Bonding

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• How does a covalent bond become polar?
• How do covalent bonds affect physical properties?
• How do covalent bonds conduct electricity?
• How do covalent bonds differ from hydrogen bonds?
• How do covalent bonds share electrons?
• How does a polar covalent bond differ from an nonpolar?
• How does the formation of an ionic bond differ from that of a covalent bond?
• What covalent bond is the longest?
• What covalent bond links nucleotides together?
• Why are covalent bonds poor conductors of electricity?
• Why are covalent bonds insoluble in water?
• Why do covalent bonds have a low melting point?
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• What type of bonding is in the #sf(N_2)# molecule ?
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• Why do two fluorine atoms bond together?
• Why is a #"C"="N"# double bond shorter than a #"C"="C"# double bond?
• Which halogen forms the strongest bond with hydrogen to form #HX#?
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• How many triple bonds are present in the compound #C_2H_2#?
• What is the Lewis structure of carbon monoxide?
• What type of bond is most likely to be formed between two fluorine atoms?
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• What is the difference between a polar covalent bond and a nonpolar covalent bond?
• What is the difference between a nonpolar covalent bond and a polar covalent bond?
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• Oxygen gas is always written as #O_2# in chemical equations. What term is used to describe the "2" in the formula?
• What does valence bond theory not account for that molecular orbital theory does successfully?
• What is the correct name for #N_2O_5#?
• How do you use symmetry-adapted linear combinations to explain water's molecular bonding?
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• How many covalent bonds does nitrogen form in electrically neutral compounds?
• How many covalent bonds does carbon form in neutral compounds?
• Why do nitrogen show tetra covalency in some cases ?
• How many pairs of electrons do the two oxygen atoms in an oxygen molecule share with each other?
• What type of chemical bond holds atoms together within a water molecule?
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• What atoms can exceed an octet?
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• How many double covalent bonds are there in a molecule of #CO_2#?
• How do you explain water's ability to expand upon freezing?
• In the Lewis structure of nitrous acid, why is no dative bond depicted?
• Describe the formation of single, double, and triple bonds by orbital overlap?
• In the chemical compound #C_2H_2#, how many pairs of electrons are shared between the two carbon atoms?
• The bond between two oxygen atoms (a molecule of oxygen air) has two characteristics. What are they?
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• Do atoms share electrons in covalent bonds?
• What is a covalent bond in which electrons are shared unequally called?
• What is a covalent bond in which electrons are shared equally called?
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• Two atoms are held together in four covalent bonds because of forces between the what?
• What is the maximum number of covalent bonds?
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• What is a #"coordinate covalent bond"#?
• What is the definition of a covalent bond?
• Which is the lightest gas amongst #CO#, #CO_2#, #"chlorine"#, #CS#, #Xe#?
• How can you distinguish among single, double and triple convalent bonds?
• How are covalent bonds formed?
• Of single, double, and triple covalent bonds, which is the longest? Which is the strongest?
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• How do you determine if a molecule contains covalent bonds?
• What is a double covalent bond?
• I do not understand ionic bond is non directional but covalent bond is directional ?? Please explain me easy ways. Thank you.
• Why does a carbon atom in graphite form 4 covalent bonds?
• Are the electrons in a coordinate covalent bond donated by both the bonded atoms?
• How many covalent bonds can a carbon atom form with neighboring atoms:?
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• What is the maximum number of covalent bonds a carbon atom can form with other atoms?
• Does covalent bonding apply to metals?
• How many bonds in #"ammonium hydroxide?"#
• What term describes the units that make up compounds with covalent bonds?
• How do you make a covalent bond?
• What is the total number of electrons shared in a double covalent bond between two atoms?
• Is #CO_2# an ionic salt or covalent molecule?
• Is #HCl# an ionic salt or covalent molecule?
• What is the covalent compound formula for sulfuric acid?
• In which bond is electron density shared?
• What is a covalent bond? How does it differ from an ionic bond?
• Why do covalent bonds form between atoms?
• What is the #"hydroperoxyl radical"#?
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• What type of elements make up a covalent bond?
• The covalent bond that joins two amino acids is why type of bond?
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• What is the highest number of covalent bonds observed?
• What is a coordinate covalent bond?
• What is the name of the ion formed from FOUR #H^+# ions, equivalently bound to a #N^(3-)# ion?
• Are covalently bonded binary molecular compounds typically composed of nonmetals?
• What is the name of a covalent bond produced by the sharing of three pairs ofvelectrons?
• When do covalent bonds form?
• How do we conceive of the covalent bond in terms of the energy of interaction between two atoms?
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• How wold you rank these bonds from most ionic to most covalent in character? #Br-F#, #Ca-F#, #K-F#, #F-F#, #Cl-F#?
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• Is hydrogen sulfide a water-like solvent?
• Which of the following options contains the LEAST number of covalent bonds on a mole for mole basis?
• How to explain formation of dative bond in CH3NO2 molecule?
• With respect to #C-C# bonds, why is a double bond WEAKER than a triple bond?
• The image below shows two nitrogen atoms. For these two atoms to form a stable molecule, #N_2#, how many electrons would have to be part of covalent bonds?
• Describe the uniqueness of a covalent bond. How is it similar to an ionic bond? How is it different from a covalent bond?
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• Which of the following molecules contains a nonpolar covalent bond?
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• What kind of bond is formed by hydrogen and oxygen?
• How many fluorine environments exist in #PF_5#? Are the fluorines equivalent?
• Arrange KBr, CsI and SrS in order of increasing bond order?
• What is the molecularity of the elemental gases?
• Covalent bonds are directional in nature. Explain?
• For which reaction is the enthalpy equal to #DeltaH_"f"^@# of #NO(g)#?
• How many covalent bonds occur in the #N_2O_5# molecule?
• Where we should put an arrow to represent Coordinate bond in O3?
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• Which type of bond is formed when Ammonia and hydrogen ion bond together to form ammonium ion?