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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How many bonds would you expect Hydrogen to form with other nonmetal atoms? Why?

OpenStudy (blues):

Hydrogen has one electron and needs one more to fill its outer electron shell. It only has one electron to share; therefore, it can only form one covalent bond with another molecule. Or from the perspective of filling its electron shell: it only needs one more electron to fill its outer shell and it would do that by forming one covalent bond,

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