M4 Bonding:
Covalent Bonding
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Covalent bond in MOLECULAR elements
Let’s start with the first element in the periodic table:
hydrogen.
Hydrogen atoms contains 1 electron in their valence shell.
Electronic
configuration: 1 1
outer shell NOT full outer shell NOT full
energetically unstable energetically
unstable
What can
the TWO hydrogen atoms possibly do to fill both their outer
shells and become energetically stable ?