Question

How do you identify a covalent bond?

Answer 1

To identify covalent bonding:

• Covalent bonding takes place between two non-metals by the sharing of electrons.
• The identification of covalent bond can be done by electronegative difference. The electronegative the molecules will be in between$0.0-0.3$, then the bonding will be non-polar covalent bonding. The difference between $0.4-1.7$ shows polar covalent bond.

Thus, by electronegativity difference the covalent bond can be identified.