Covalent Character

[Priscilla Okaiteye]

Hi everyone, I just wanted a little clarification on what exactly covalent character would be. Is it used to describe ionic bonds right?

[Yeo Bin Yook 1K]

You can think of covalent character as the opposite of ionic character. The greater the difference in electronegativity, the greater the ionic character. But smaller the difference, the more covalent character it has.

[Paywand Baghal]

You can think of covalent character as the opposite of ionic character. The greater the difference in electronegativity, the greater the ionic character. But smaller the difference, the more covalent character it has.

can you describe the ionic character? or would it literally just be the exact opposite?

[Jessica Lancisi - 1I]

Ionic character has to do with the differences in electronegativity, if there is a larger difference in electronegativity between two molecules it is considered to have more ionic character

[Riya Shah 4H]

How can we know whether a bond has a covalent and ionic character?