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Topic: How do you tell the difference between ionic and covalent bonds??  (Read 3020 times)

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Offline Ch3m

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How do you tell the difference between ionic and covalent bonds??
« on: September 30, 2007, 10:40:32 PM »
When you see a diagram of a molecule with lines representing bonds, can they either be covalent or ioninc? Only the hydrogren representation differs right? Hydrogen bonds are represented by dotted lines?
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Re: How do you tell the difference between ionic and covalent bonds??
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2007, 09:03:41 AM »
Solid lines connecting two atoms generally represent covalent bonds.  Hydrogen bonds are often represented by dotted lines.
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