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When a hammer strikes a compound formed by covalent bonds, what will most likely happen to the compound?

It will break into many pieces
It will reform into a new shape
It will spread out and then return to it's original shape
It will stay solid and resist the force of the hammer

User Sebastianb
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Answer:

option A.

Step-by-step explanation:

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User Hongsy
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Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A compound formed by sharing of electrons is known as a covalent compound.

A covalent compound has weak intermolecular forces due to which it is brittle in nature. Hence, when we hit hammer on a covalent compound then it breaks easily.

Thus, we can conclude that when a hammer strikes a compound formed by covalent bonds, then most likely it will break into many pieces.

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