COVALENT BONDS

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COVALENT BONDS
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COVALENT BONDS
Fluorine
9
Fluorine
9
9 10N
9 10N
7 Valence Electron
7 Valence Electron
Access to 8 Valence Electron
Access to 8 Valence Electron
Sharing Pool
-Bonds can be formed not only by taking or giving
electrons, but also by _________________
electrons. -A chemical bond formed when two atoms
share electrons is called a ____________________
bond.
sharing
covalent
together
valence
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For example -The Fluorine atoms could not
give or take electrons and still have both
atoms achieve the perfect _____. Instead they
shared.
F
F
8
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Draw electron dot diagrams for H20
(water) NH3 (ammonia) Element Element diagra
ms diagrams Compound Compound diagram
diagram Hint Hydrogen can have no more
than two electrons and two electrons feels like
the perfect 8 to it.
H
O
H
N
H
H
H
H
O
H
N
H
H
H