Is methane (CH4) a covalent or ionic bond? Give reasons and explain why is it so.

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abb0t · Answer

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abb0t · Answer

Do you know the difference between covalent and ionic bonds?! Look at the drawing I did. What is actually happening between the electron(s) of the carbon (which has 4) and hydrogen (has 1).

anonymous · Answer

it has covalent bond.ionic bond forms with the complete transfer of electrons,
covalent bond forms by the sharing of electrons.
as every atom needs to be stable by complting its octate ,and carbon has 4 electrons in its valance sheel , so to complete its octate it needs 4 more e ,so sharing is possible in its bondings with other atoms just like in methane
carn shares its electron with 4 hydrogens

aaronq · Answer

It's (non-polar) covalent because their (H and C) difference in electronegativity is less than 0.5. You can calculate this with Pauling's equation of electronegativity.

anonymous · Answer

CH4 is the result of covalent bonding as only non-metals are reacting. Also the covalent bond between the individual atom of carbon and atoms of hydrogen is the result of the sharing of electrons, so that each type of atoms can have eight electrons (or two in hydrogen's case)|dw:1376300548227:dw| satisfying the octet rule. That creates an electrostatic attraction, pulling the atoms together to form a molecule.