Question

Please describe in short the strength of ionic vs covalent bonds

Answer 1

the simplest explanation i can give you is:

ionic bond - bonding of metal and non metal

covalent bond - bonding of non metal and another non metal

does that help?

Answer 2

@lgbasallote Not always, AlCl3 is considered as a covalent compound :)

Answer 3

1) i did not say always

2) i did not know that lol

3) i was just trying for a simple explanation

Answer 4

http://www.chemteam.info/Bonding/Electroneg-Bond-Polarity.html


This will help :)

Answer 5

The ionic bond is a bond with 2 elements who's difference between the electronegativity of each of the elements is 1.6 or higher. For covalent bonds it is 0.4 or lower.. So about the strength.. Electronegativity = how much an atom wants another electron.. If the difference between it is higher it means the charges are more seperated in the bond, creating a difference of charges on the elements delta + and delta -, this will give the bond even more strength.. A covalent bond doesn't have this so in essence a ionic bond is stronger..

Is this short enough?:P I'm sorry but to really understand this question you have to know what electronegativity means and what it does in a bond.