{"id":584,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"covalent-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Covalent Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Covalent Bonds<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Covalent bonds involve a complete sharing of electrons. It occurs most often between atoms that have partially filled outer shells. Thus, if the atoms share similar needs, then electrons will be shared. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">An atom like carbon forms covalent bonds with other atoms. The electrons travel in orbits around the nuclei of the atoms involved. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A carbon atom has 4 electrons in its outer shell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">An electrically neutral group of at least two atoms held together by very strong (covalent) bond is called a <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">molecule.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> A hydrogen atom has 1 electron in its outer shell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The 2 carbon atoms each share their 1 electron to form one carbon &lt;&gt; carbon covalent bond. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The 6 hydrogen atoms each share their 1 electron with carbon to form 6 carbon &lt;&gt; hydrogen covalent bonds.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 249px; height: 176px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/Ethane-Molecule.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ethane molecule<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=585\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covalent Bonds Covalent bonds involve a complete sharing of electrons. It occurs most often between atoms that have partially filled outer shells. Thus, if the atoms share similar needs, then electrons will be shared. An atom like carbon forms covalent bonds with other atoms. 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