Which type of bond shares the electrons between two elements?

Covalent Bonds

General Formulas and Concepts:

Explanation:

We have 3 types of bonds: Polar Covalent, Nonpolar Covalent, and Ionic bonds.

Nonpolar Covalent bonds share the electrons equally between the compound.

Polar Covalent bonds do NOT share the electrons equally, but STILL SHARE the electrons; the electron tends to stay with the element with the stronger electron affinity and thus creates dipoles.

Ionic bonds DO NOT share electrons. The electrons are transferred to the respective elements.

the number of valence electrons for each molecule or ion is shown beneath the structure. remember hydrogen will not have more than two electrons. this hydrogen is part of a covalent bond (sharing two electrons). a double bond here would cause hydrogen to share four electrons with phosphorus.