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If no metals can form covalent bond with chlorine I. e they can share electrons with Chlorine then why can't they do the same with Hydrogen? Besides both chlorine and Hydrogen require only one electron

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From next time please give specific examples

Hydrogen can be stabilised both by taking away one electron and giving an electron to it. So when it reacts with the metals, it takes one electron from the metals,like NaH and this is not a covalent bond, it is ionic just like NaCl.

Bonds with metals are always ionic and not covalent, because the metals desperatly require electrons of their own to be stable.

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