M4 Bonding:
Covalent Bonding
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Why stable?
BOTH hydrogen atoms have BONDED together in order to fill
their outer shells and become energetically stable.
The shared electron pair
remain between the two atoms because they are
attracted by both the positively charged nuclei of the atoms.
1+
1+
-
-
H-H
Structural
formula
The single line representing a pair of shared electrons