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Covalent
bonding is a form of chemical
bonding characterized by the sharing of one or more pairs of electrons between atoms,
in order to produce a mutual attraction, which holds the resultant molecule together. Atoms
tend to share electrons
in such a way that their outer electron
shells are filled. Such bonds
are always stronger than the intermolecular hydrogen bond and similar in strength to or stronger than the
ionic bond.
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