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How many covalent bonds are there in one molecule of silica, SiO2?

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The number of covalent bonds are two because the oxygen atom requires them and we can say that each atom of oxygen is bonded in double bounds to Si. It s good to remember that the covalent bonds are determined by the number of valece electrons in an element
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