Lesson 10

(3) Metallic or Covalent Bonding

Obj. 3.  From the name of an element, determine whether it has metallic or covalent bonding.

In order to do this, you have to decide whether the element that you are dealing with is a metal or a nonmetal, the same kind of thing that we just did in the previous example. This time I will just let you work through all of the questions in exercise 3.

Exercises

Which of the following elements have metallic bonding and which have covalent bonding?

a. calcium
b. cobalt
c. copper
d. chlorine
e. beryllium
f. boron
g. bromine

Answers to Exercises

Which of the following elements have metallic bonding and which have covalent bonding?

a. calcium - metallic
b. cobalt - metallic
c. copper - metallic
d. chlorine - covalent
e. beryllium - metallic
f. boron - covalent
g. bromine - covalent

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