Question

If carbon, electronegativity of 2.6, were to make a chemical bond with sulfur, electronegativity 2.6, what kind of bond would it form?

(A) Polar
(B) Non-polar covalent
(C) Polar ionic
(D) Non-polar ionic

Answer 1

Carbon and sulfur, with a negligible electronegativity difference, form a nonpolar covalent bond where electrons are shared equally.

Step-by-step explanation:

If carbon (electronegativity 2.5) were to make a chemical bond with sulfur (electronegativity 2.6), the type of bond formed would be a nonpolar covalent bond.

Since the difference in electronegativity between carbon and sulfur is 0.1, which is less than 0.5, this bond falls into the category of nonpolar bonds. In a nonpolar covalent bond, the shared electrons are distributed equally between the two atoms, and there is no significant charge separation across the bond.