Chemical Bonds by Jesse

Definition-Two or more atoms that are combined to form a chemical substance. This is caused by the force of attraction by opposite charges between electrons and protons.

Types of bonds-Ionic and covalent.

Ionic bonds form when one or more electrons is transferred to another atom and form ions. The ions than attract because one is negative (anion) and one is positive (cation). Ionic compounds are made up of a large number of ions, both positive and negative, so that the positive charge equals the negative charge. Salt (NaCl) is an ionic bond.

Covalent bonds form when atom needs one or more electrons but the other atom also needs them. To deal with this the electron(s) are shared between the two atoms causing them to bond. A molecule is a group atoms that are bonded together by covalent bonds. Water (H2O) is a covalent bond.

Importance

            Chemical bonds are important because they can take two or more elements and combine them into almost a completely different substance. Salt (NaCl) is made up of two poisonous elements, sodium and chlorine, but is a completely safe edible compound. 

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Green electrons are shared

Question

Which bond do you think is stronger or if they are just as strong as eachother?