How can electronegativity be used to determine the type of bond?

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Nam D.
May 15, 2018

It can determine if a molecule is polar or not...

Explanation:

Electronegativity difference between two atoms in a bond can determine what type of bond is used. Note that this usually only applies to covalent and ionic bonds.

The general rule is that:

Delta"EN">2, "the bond is ionic"

0.5<=Delta"EN"<2, "the bond is polar covalent"

Delta"EN"<0.5, "the bond is non-polar covalent"

Source:

https://www.chemteam.info/Bonding/Electroneg-Bond-Polarity.html

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