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Why are reactions between covalent compounds slow?


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Covalent Bond- Covalent bond is the interatomic linkage that results from the sharing of an electron pair between two atoms.

Reactions between covalent compounds slow because-

  • Covalent compounds involve breaking and forming of new bonds.
  • Covalent compounds have strong bonds.
  • Hence, enough energy is to be provided to a molecule so that the bonds can be broken. This makes the reactions involving covalent compounds slow.

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