Bond Strength

[LNgo 1G]

Which bonds are stronger: ionic or covalent?

[Emily_4B]

Ionic bonds tend to be stonger than covalent bonds

[Daniel Martinez 1k]

Ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds in a vacuum. However, in water, covalent bonds tend to be stronger.

[AngieGarcia_4F]

Ionic because the electronegativity difference between the two atoms in an ionic bond are usually greater than the electronegativity difference between atoms in covalent bonds.

[Kaitlyn Jang 1F]

Ionic bonds are stronger because the atoms have a greater difference in electronegativity than those in covalent bonds that form partial charges.

[Jillian C 4C]

Since covalent bonds only have partial charges, ionic bonds are stronger due to larger differences in electronegativity.

[Drake Choi_1I]

Ionic bonds are stronger because of the contrast in electronegativity.

[Tiffany Vo 3G]

Covalent bonds are stronger than ionic bonds in an organic system because in an aqueous environment, the positive end of water molecules would surround the anion of an ionic compound and the negative end of water molecules would surround the cation of the ionic compound. In a vacuum however, the covalent bond would be weaker than the ionic bond.

[Siya Shah 1J]

Ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds because of the larger difference in electronegativity.

[HuyHa_2H]

Aside from looking at the electronegativity aspect, I think of it as how covalent bonds pretty much involve the sharing of electrons whereas ionic bonds involve the attractions of opposite charged ions which makes it much more harder to break.

[ranqiao1e]

Ionic is stronger than covalent, but ionic in water is weaker than covalent.

[AGulati_4A]

covalent

[Donavin Collins 1F]

If the ionic bond is in water, then the covalent bond is stronger. If it's out of water, then the ionic bond is stronger.