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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

A bond with maximum covalent character between non metallic elements is found between
a) atoms of same size
b) chemically similar atoms
c) identical atoms
d) atoms of widely differing electronegativity
also please explain your answer

Profile image of Akshat Karani
10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of shivansh mishra
10 Years ago
  1. identical atoms....   hi akshat!! this is due to the fact that covalent character is inversely proportional to the electronegativity difference. since, similar atoms will have same electronegativity, these show the maximum covalent character.