Types of Bonds
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Metallic bonds are responsible for many properties of metals, such as conductivity. Why is this possible?
The bonds can shift because valence electrons are held loosely and move freely.
Which type of bond and how many bonds would occur as carbon dioxide (CO2) is formed from carbon in Group IVA and oxygen in Group VIA?
four covalent bonds
Which kind of bond would occur between sodium (Na, Group IA) and chlorine (Cl, Group VIIA)?
ionic
Between which types of elements do ionic bonds occur, and how do electrons act within the bond?
metals and nonmetals, electrons transferred
How many covalent bonds is nitrogen (Group 5A) likely to form?
three
