Conceptual Physical Science (6th Edition)
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Chapter 15, Problem 5RAT
In terms of the periodic table, is there an abrupt or a gradual change between ionic and covalent bonds?
- (a) An abrupt change occurs across the metalloids.
- (b) Actually, any element of the periodic table can form a covalent bond.
- (c) There is a gradual change: the farther apart, the more ionic.
- (d) Whether an element forms one or the other depends on nuclear chaise, not on the relative positions in the periodic table.
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