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Covalent bond - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | 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 elements, producing a mutual attraction that holds the resultant molecule together. |
 | | Pure covalent bonds (which has low melting points, are usually non-soluble, non-conductive, and tend to exist as individual molecules), and ionic bonds (which conversely have high melting points, are soluble, conductive, and generally tend to exist in a crystaline form) are on two opposite ends of the figurative spectrum, and have totally different properties. |
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