Chemistry
Grade-9
Easy
Question
What is this compound?
- Ionic
- Covalent
- Dative
- All the above
Hint:
Sharing of electrons determines the valency
The correct answer is: Covalent
- An ionic compound has an ionic bond formed by exchanging electrons.
- A covalent compound has a covalent bond formed by sharing of electrons. The compound shown here is a covalent compound.
- A dative bond is a chemical bond in which one atom provides a shared pair of electrons for the formation of a bond.
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