Question

Name the attractive forces that hold atoms or ions together to form molecules or compounds.

Answer 1

Chemical bond

• A chemical bond may be defined as the force of attraction between the atoms that bind them together as a unit called a molecule.
• All the elements have different valence shell electronic configurations. So how they combine to form compounds also differs.
• Hence, there are different types of chemical bond force forces between the atoms.

Types of bond

• Ionic bond
• Covalent bond
• Coordinate covalent bond
• Metallic bond

Therefore, the attractive forces that hold atoms or ions together to form molecules or compounds are chemical bonds.