Electronegativity and bond strength

[Wenting_2F]

Does the strength of a chemical bond correlate with the electronegativity difference between the two bonded atoms, such that a larger electronegativity difference results in stronger bonds?

[Stephanie_manasyan]

Yes! Larger EN results in more ionic character. More ionic character= stronger forces/bonds. nut for forces you mainly wanna look at whether its dipole, hydrogen, ionic, etc and factor all those in as well when comparing.

[Daniel Gunderson 1H]

Yes, as the difference in electronegativity between the two atoms increases, the strength of the bond increases. You can think of how ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds,