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Which compound results from covalent bonding? AgF K2S NaCl CO2

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Answer:CO2

Step-by-step explanation:

A trick that is quick and easy to use when telling covalent bonds from ionic bonds is to look at the atoms that are bonding. If there is a metal involved, then it is ionic bonding (hence AgF, NaCl. and K2S are not covalent bonding as Ag, Na, and K are all metals.

But to be more specific, ionic bonding happens when two ionic or polar atoms (atoms with non-neutral charges,) come together to balance out their charges (as negative charges will be attracted to positive charges and vice versa); the fancy term for this is electrostatic forces. They (usually) give up electrons to another atom, but do not share electrons. Covalent bonding happens when atoms actually share electrons and have their atomic orbitals overlap, meaning that the electrons actually travel through the surrounding volume of both atoms. Ionic bonded atoms will also separate into ions when in a solvent.

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