How can you justify that bond strength in polar covalent compounds is comparable to that of ionic compounds?
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Three major factors that make a chemical bond stronger are:
Satisfying the “octet rule” in both atoms, allowing the bonding pair of electrons to be nearer to the more electronegative atom, and allowing the bonding electrons to be nearer to their atomic nuclei.
These factors can be present in both kinds of bonds. There is no inherent reason for either type of bond to be stronger.
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