covalent bond
Noun
Meaning
a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
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At lower pressures however the bonding becomes entirely localized into a regular covalent bond.
Another example of a metal–metal covalent bond is mercurous ion ( Hgmain ).
Coordinate covalent bond (Dipolar bond) Adduct of ammonia and boron trifluoride A coordinate covalent bond is a covalent bond in which the two shared bonding electrons are from the same one of the atoms involved in the bond.
However, hydrogen chloride, acetic acid, and most other Brønsted-Lowry acids cannot form a covalent bond with an electron pair and are therefore not Lewis acids.
In all cases the bond is a covalent bond.
In an ordinary covalent bond a pair of electrons bonds two atoms together, one at either end of the bond, the diboare B-H bonds for example at the left and right in the illustrations.