covalent
IPA: koʊvˈeɪɫʌnt
adjective
- (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
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Examples of "covalent" in Sentences
- Non covalent control of structure.
- BeF2 is considered to be highly covalent.
- It is a pyramidial molecule with covalent bonding.
- Bonding is preferably by covalent or ionic bonding.
- In particular this is the case for the covalent bond.
- Chromium is notable for its ability to form quintuple covalent bonds.
- The bond in a homonuclear diatomic molecule is non polar and covalent.
- That is quite comparable to the sum of the covalent radii of the two atoms.
- A polar covalent bond is a covalent bond with a significant ionic character.
- Dichtel's strategy uses organic dye molecules assembled into a structure known as a covalent organic framework (COF).
- Scripps University researchers have developed a "covalent" immunization method that allows for near-instantaneous immunity
- The bond which above all others had prevented a general application of the Berzelius theory is now commonly known as the covalent bond.
- Their attention is always moving, and their emotions are always covalent, that is, they're always feeling multiple things at the same time.
- Strong Bonds That Make Molecules A second kind of chemical bond, called covalent from the Latin, “of equal power”, produces stable molecules.
- Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell, employed a strategy that uses organic dye molecules assembled into a structure known as a covalent organic framework (COF).
- The two types of atoms bond together into a single structure by sharing the unpaired electrons in the outermost electron shells surrounding their nuclei - i.e., by 'covalent' bonds.
- It usually achieves its valence shell octet of electrons by 'covalent' bonding, sharing electrons with other atoms, often with one or more other carbon atoms and one or more atoms of different elements also behaving as if they wanted to fill their own valence shells.
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