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Covalent bonding is the 'sharing' of valence(outer shell) electrons between atoms to form a molecule.

 

Ionic bonding is a bond formed between to ionised(positive and negative) atoms. I think covalent is much stronger although weak ionic bonds can form between dipoles(atoms that are not fully ionised). Can someone verify this last point for me because my chemistry is a bit dismal at times.

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linus pauling defined ionic bonds as having electronegativity differences of greater than 1.7 or bonds involving polyatomic ions. covalent bonds have electronegativity differences of less than or equal to 1.7.

 

i actually have two questions about this myself:

do ionic structures have hybrid orbitals?

do compounds like fluorine nitrate have hybrid orbitals? (fluorine and the nitrate anion are very, very electronegative).

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