When two atoms have similar electronegativity values and neither atom is strong enough to pull an outer electron from the other atom, what is the resulting bond of these outer electrons?

metallic
covalent
ionic
hydrogen

Question

When two atoms have similar electronegativity values and neither atom is strong enough to pull an outer electron from the other atom, what is the resulting bond of these outer electrons? 
 	
	metallic
	covalent
	ionic
	hydrogen

glogangg · Answer

i dont know :c

caozeyuan · Answer

covalent, metallic and hydrogen are out o the way, and from your describtion, ionic is not possible

caozeyuan · Answer

metallic is the bonding between metal atoms which is characterized by "sea of delocalized electrons"

caozeyuan · Answer

hydrogen bonding is not really a bond, its called intermolecular forces. I was a gen chem and AP chem tutor for a long time and I 've seen a lot of students getting confused between the ideas of bonding, i.e., chemical bond and intermolecular forces, which are interactions between molecules hence the name

rebeccaxhawaii · Answer

so?

caozeyuan · Answer

the answer is covalent

caozeyuan · Answer

ionic is not possible because neither atoms lose electrons and thus no ion is involved

rebeccaxhawaii · Answer

okay thanks