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Hydrogen and Covalent Bonds Difference

"The Difference Between Hydrogen and Covalent Bonds"

Between heaven and earth, everything is composed of particles. The particles are connected to form a substance, and the bonds between them, hydrogen and covalent, are different.

For hydrogen, the bonding force comes from the connection between hydrogen atoms and electronegative atoms, causing hydrogen to be slightly positive, and then attract each other with nearby electronegative large atoms. This force is weak and has a direction. For example, in water, hydrogen is covalently connected to oxygen, and one end of hydrogen is slightly positive. It interacts with the oxygen of adjacent water molecules to form hydrogen bonds, giving water a special property, such as a melting point that is different from common sense.

Covalent bonds are not the same, but are formed by shared electron pairs between atoms. Atoms produce electrons and share to achieve a stable structure. Its bonding atomic orbitals overlap greatly and the bonding force is strong. Taking methane as an example, carbon and hydrogen each produce electrons, sharing a covalent bond, resulting in the stability of the methane structure.

Compared with the two, the bond of hydrogen is weak, and it mostly exists between molecules, which affects the aggregation state of substances; the covalent bond is strong, and the ground state structure of molecules is fixed. The bond of hydrogen has direction, because the positive nature of hydrogen attracts electronegative large atoms in a specific direction; the covalent bond overlaps according to the direction of atomic orbitals, and there is a clear spatial orientation and bond angle.

Therefore, the bond between hydrogen and covalent is significantly different. It is very helpful to explore the structure and properties of matter.