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Offline grfeathers

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COVALENT BONDS
« on: May 06, 2009, 11:12:37 AM »
How do you find out how many covalent bonds are formed by an element?

Ex: How many are normally formed by Cl?
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Re: COVALENT BONDS
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 12:29:11 PM »
Generally*, the atom tries to form a stable octet.  For your example, how many electrons does chlorine have?  How many more pairs of electrons will make a total of eight?  That's how many bonds.

* Some elements cheat.  Chlorine isn't one of them.
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