Q. What do you mean by Chemical Bonding?
Ans.
Atoms react chemically by losing, gaining or sharing electrons. Chemical bonds are the attractive forces that hold atoms together. In this chapter, we will try to understand what causes bonds to form.
The two principal types of bonds are the ionic bond and the covalent bond.
What is the difference?
Ionic bonds involve an exchange of electrons
Covalent bonds involve a sharing of electrons.