{"id":38941,"date":"2025-06-26T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=38941"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:31:52","slug":"when-a-pair-of-electrons-is-shared-between-two-atoms-the-bond-formed-is-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/when-a-pair-of-electrons-is-shared-between-two-atoms-the-bond-formed-is-called\/","title":{"rendered":"When a pair of electrons is shared between two atoms, the bond formed is called"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a pair of electrons is shared between two atoms, the bond formed is called (a) a single covalent bond, (b) a double covalent bond, (c) a triple covalent bond, (d) an ionic bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Correct answer: (a) a single covalent bond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>covalent bond<\/strong> is a type of chemical bond that involves the <strong>sharing of electron pairs<\/strong> between atoms. These electron pairs are known as <strong>shared pairs<\/strong> or <strong>bonding pairs<\/strong>, and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms forms a molecule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <strong>only one pair of electrons<\/strong> is shared between two atoms, the resulting bond is known as a <strong>single covalent bond<\/strong>. This type of bond is the simplest form of covalent bonding and typically occurs between <strong>nonmetallic elements<\/strong>. A well-known example is the hydrogen molecule (H\u2082), where each hydrogen atom contributes one electron to form a shared pair. This shared pair holds the two hydrogen atoms together in a stable arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>double covalent bond<\/strong> involves the sharing of <strong>two pairs of electrons<\/strong>, and a <strong>triple covalent bond<\/strong> involves the sharing of <strong>three pairs of electrons<\/strong>. These types of bonds are stronger and shorter than single bonds, but they are not the result of sharing only one pair of electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, an <strong>ionic bond<\/strong> is fundamentally different. It involves the <strong>transfer of electrons<\/strong> from one atom to another, usually between a metal and a nonmetal. The atom that loses an electron becomes a positively charged ion (cation), and the atom that gains an electron becomes a negatively charged ion (anion). These oppositely charged ions attract each other to form an ionic bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To summarize, when <strong>exactly one pair of electrons is shared<\/strong> between two atoms, the bond formed is called a <strong>single covalent bond<\/strong>. This type of bond is typical in many simple molecules and is essential to the structure of many compounds in chemistry and biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1097.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1097.jpeg 852w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1097-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1097-768x923.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a pair of electrons is shared between two atoms, the bond formed is called (a) a single covalent bond, (b) a double covalent bond, (c) a triple covalent bond, (d) an ionic bond. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct answer: (a) a single covalent bond Explanation: A covalent bond is a type of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38943,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38941\/revisions\/38943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}