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pivoxa15
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In textbooks they normally emphasis the fact that when metals and nonmetals bond, the nonmetal takes away an electron from the metal resulting in ionic bonding betwen the two.
But metal and nonmetal can still result in covalent bonding when the electronegativities between the two are similar for example BiH3 could exist with covalent bonding and polarity? Also PbH4, TiH5, SnH4 even HgH6? How and where does it stop?
But metal and nonmetal can still result in covalent bonding when the electronegativities between the two are similar for example BiH3 could exist with covalent bonding and polarity? Also PbH4, TiH5, SnH4 even HgH6? How and where does it stop?
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