Question

What are covalent compounds? Why are they different from ionic compounds.

Answer 1

Answer:

the compounds formed by mutual sharing of electrons are known as covalent bonds.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Covalent compounds are those compounds that have covalent bonds, that is, they form bonds by sharing of electrons between the atoms. For ex. CH3COOH is a covalent compound.

On the other hand ionic compounds consist of ionic bonds formed by the exchange of electrons between the atoms. For ex. NaCl is an ionic compound.

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