Covalent bonding

Covalent bonding

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What is covalent?

Covalent bonding:- is a pair of electrons shared between two atoms.

Co-ordinate bonding, (dative covalent bonding):- atom that is donating the electrons has a pair of electrons that is not used in a bond, called lone pair. Example:- Ammonia.

(http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/core/monitoring/chem944/ammonium.gif)

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