Question

What type of bond does HCl, water form?
If covalent then how do they conduct electricity?
If ionic then why ionic when they can also form covalent bond?

Answer 1

there is presence of h bonding

Answer 2

Hydrogen has an electronegativity of 2.1, and chlorine has an electronegativity of 3.0. The electron pair that is bonding HCl together shifts toward the chlorine atom because it hasa larger electronegativity value. A bond in which the electron pair is shifted toward one atom is called a polar covalent bond.

if you see HCl compound, both arenon-metals and non-metals don't havetendency to loose electrons, so both the elements H and Cl share their electrons to complete their octet and make them stable. Sharing ofelectrons is possible in covalent bonding, so that is why HCl is acovalent compound.

Since the chlorine atom is much more electronegative than the hydrogen atom, the covalent bond between the two atoms is quite polar. Sodium chloride is an ionic compound. ... HClis a covalent compound. Because, both the atoms share the electrons.