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 | What is the differnece between ionic and covalent bonds? | |
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| Well, ionic bonds are where electrons are transferred to another atom, and Covalent bonds are when electrons are shared between two elements | |
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| Very good.Now give me some examples of both. | |
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| Well say you have the elements Hydrogen and Chlorine and they are organized like so (H:Cl), in this example the colon represents the transferring of electrons ( an ionic bond) | |
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| Okay, now that you've given an example of an ionic bond. How about you give me an example of a covalent bond. | |
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| Well, in a covalent bond as i said before, bonds are shared between two elements so a covalent bond can be represented by this ( H-Cl) In this example the dash represents the sharing that occurs in this bond. | |
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