Grade 12th pass10 grade science

Differentiate between an ionic bond and a covalent bond.

Harshit Singh

4 Years agoGrade 12th pass

4 Years ago

Let’s differentiate between an ionic bond and a covalent bond,

Ionic bonds	Covalent bonds
In ionic bonds, one atom donates an electron to stabilize the other atom.	In a covalent bond, the atoms are bound by the sharing of electrons.
Atoms that participate in an ionic bond have different electronegativity values from each other.	In a true covalent bond, If the electron is shared equally between the atoms forming a covalent bond, then the bond is said to be nonpolar.
A polar bond is formed by the attraction between oppositely-charged ions.	Usually, an electron is more attracted to one atom than to another, forming a polar covalent bond.