Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonded pairs and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons is known as covalent bonding.

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