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Ionic bonds result when electrons are tranfered between atoms.
Covalent bonds result when valence electrons are shared between atoms.
covalent bond is sharing electrons between tow atoms
Ionic bond is transfer one electron or more to form atom to anther atom
and this makes one atome ( + )called cation and one atom( - )called anion
Chemical bond is the attraction force which hold two and sometime more atom together. When this attraction force is achieved by sharing the electron density of two atoms between their nuclei, it is called covalent bond. On the other hand when there is complete transfer of electron from one atom to another it create ionic species called cation +vely charged species (one who looses electron) and anion -vely charged species (one who gain electron), this lead to electrostatic attraction between cation and anion and that force is called ionic bond.
In reality, most of the bond have ionic and covalent character. As the difference between electronegativity of two atoms increases ionic character of bond between these atoms will increase while covalent character will decrease.
covalent bond formed between two molecule each of them donate one electron
ionic bond formed between two molecule one is doner and other is acceptor
Covalent bond: electrons are shared between the atoms.
Ionic bond: electrons are transferred from one atom to another,
An ionic bond essentially donates an electron to the other atom participating in the bond, while electrons in a covalent bond are shared equally between the atoms.
covalent bonds : between two metals
ionic ionic bond : between metal and non metal