Covalent Character

[Sofia Cerpa 2E]

i'm not sure i quite understand the concept of covalent character. how do you know when an ionic bond has more or less covalent character than another?

[Divya Hebbar]

If the atoms share electron density then it is said to have a covalent character. It happens in ionic bonds when the cation is very small and the anion is very big.

[Briana Chavez 3F]

Hi! In simplest terms, the covalent character of an iconic bond depends on the particles' electronegativities. All ionic bonds have at least some covalent character. The smaller the difference in electronegativities, the more covalent the bond is.

[Lynne Xu 3K]

Covalent character is determined by the electronegativity difference between two atoms. The smaller the electronegativity difference (or the more similar in electronegativity), the more "covalent" character a bond has.

[Vashe Sundar 3H]

You can find out if an ionic bond has more/less covalent character by comparing the electronegativity differences. For example, if bond A has a electronegativity difference of 2.6 and bond B has a difference of 3.9, bond A would exhibit more covalent characteristics because it has the smaller electronegativity difference.

[Raizel Ferrer 1H]

You can tell when ionic bonds have more covalent character when there is a smaller electronegativity difference.when there is a larger electronegative difference, it has more ionic character.