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Covalent bonds ___ conduct electricity well.

Always
Usually
Rarely
Never

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They rarely conduct electricity well.
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Covalent bonds never conduct electricity well.

Answer: Option D

Step-by-step explanation:

For a metal or conductor to conduct electricity, there must be free electrons moving freely on the outermost orbit so that when there is a potential difference, the electrons flows and produce electricity by theory motion.

Hence the outermost shell must be unstable for a conductor, else there will be no free electrons. In covalent bonds, electrons are shared which makes them difficult to move and produce electricity.

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