Chemistry, asked by Anonymous, 11 months ago

Hydrogen generally forms covalent compounds. Explain why?

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Answered by dhaninimageminds

Explanation:

Hydrogen generally forms covalent compounds as it shares it's electron. Explanation: ... Hydrogen uis an element with atomic number of 1 and thus contains 1 electron. As it can not lose its electron , it prefers to share electrons with other atoms and thus forms covalent compounds.

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Answered by Phaneendhar

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Hydrogen has very high ionization enthalpy. So a lot of energy is required to form hydrogen ion from hydrogen atom. So hydrogen preferably forms covalent bods rather than ionic bonds.

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