Question

What type of bond holds diatomic fluorine (F2) together?

Answer 1

Do you have options?

Answer 2

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What type of bond holds diatomic fluorine () together?
pi bond between s orbitals
sigma bond between p orbitals
pi bond between p orbitals
sigma bond between s orbitals

Answer 3

Please screenshot it so I can see it better. (:

Answer 4

None of these options are correct.

Answer 5

Oh wait- the options are in a different form of an answer. >.> lemme do some reseacrh

Answer 6

nonpolar covalent bond

Answer 7

So...

A: pi bond between s orbitals
Eliminate this since this is a single covalent bond.

B: sigma bond between p orbitals

C: pi bond between p orbitals
Eliminate this since this is also a single covalent bond.

D: sigma bond between s orbitals

You have options B and D left.

Answer 8

Thank you.

Answer 9

Which one do you think it is?

B or D?

Answer 10

D

Answer 11

No.

Sigma bond between s orbitals is a single covalent bond, not the one were looking for, which is nonpolar covalent bond.

Answer 12

I thought about it once i looked at it again- but thank you

Answer 13

Your welcome.