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Arrange the following bonds in order of increasing ionic character. assign number 1 as the highest and 6 as the lowest. a. carbon-hydrogen

b. fluorine-hydrogen
c. bromine-hydrogen
d. sodium-chlorine
e. potassium-fluorine
f. lithium-chlorine

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Answer: Potassium to fluorine, fluorine to nitrogen, bromine to hydrogen, carbon to hydrogen, lithium to chlorine, sodium to chlorine.
Step-by-step explanation:
Ionic bond is greater when the electronegativity difference existing between the two atoms are large causing the bonding to be more polar.
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