Chemistry: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by Reger, Daniel L.; Goode, Scott R.; Ball, David W.

Published by Cengage Learning

ISBN 10: 0534420125

ISBN 13: 978-0-53442-012-3

Chapter 9 - Chemical Bonds - Questions and Exercises - Questions - Page 364: 9.8

Answer

The main diﬀerence between covalent and ionic bonding is that electrons are shared between atoms in covalent bonding, while ionic bonding involves complete transfer of electrons from one atom to the other atom.

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