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Covalent bond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Covalently bonded hydrogen and carbon in a molecule of methane. |
 | | Covalent bonding is an intramolecular form of chemical bonding characterized by the sharing of one or more pairs of electrons between two components, producing a mutual attraction that holds the resultant molecule together. |
 | | Pure covalent bonds (which are usually non-soluble, are electrically non-conductive, and tend to exist as individual molecules), and ionic bonds (which are soluble, are electrically conductive when molten or in solution, and, in general, tend to exist in a crystalline form) are on two opposite ends of the spectrum and have different properties. |
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