Bonds. James Bonds.

Here are the values for electronegativity.

Bettelheim et al.

To see what kind of bond you are talking about, figure out what the difference between the two atoms' electronegativities is. If it is close to zero, you are covalent. If you are far from zero, you are ionic. Somewhere in the middle means somewhere in the middle!

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