Monday, August 15, 2011

Which of the following compounds do (does) not contain covalent bonds?

E - Lithium chloride. Lithium is in the first family, and chlorine is in the second family. Therefore, lithium will lose an electron to form Li+ and give it to chlorine to form Cl-. These two ions attract each other and form a crystal lattice structure - an ionic bond.

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