Is a single covalent bond the strongest?
1 Answer
No, but the type of bond that forms a single bond is the strongest.
Explanation:
Double bonds are stronger than single bonds, and triple bonds are stronger than double bonds - but the types of bonds in each one are stronger in the single bond.
Covalent bonds are formed by orbitals of electrons merging between two atoms. This can be a head-on overlap called a
Obviously the
A single bond consists of only one bond, a
But even though some of the bonds making up, for example, a triple bond, are weaker than the bonds making up a single bond, there are still more of them, so a triple bond is still stronger than a single bond.
You could also say that the net strength of three single bonds is stronger than the strength of one triple bond.