Question

A bond formed between two atom is covalent if the reacting atom have nearly the same electronegativities. Give reason

Answer 1

• Electronegativity is the measure of an atom's ability to attract the shared electrons of a covalent bond to itself.
• If atoms bonded together have the same electronegativity the shared electrons will be equally shared.
• The type of bond that is formed when two atoms have the same electronegativity is the covalent bond.
• The two atoms have the same electronegativities thus the two bonded atoms pull exactly equally on the shared electrons.