List the following bonds in order of increasing ionic character:

CsF, ClCl, BrCl, SiC

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Solomon Avila

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18 October, 04:45

List the following bonds in order of increasing ionic character:

CsF, ClCl, BrCl, SiC

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Miguel Ryan · Answer 1

The order here is CsF, SiC, BrCl, ClCl.

Ionic bonding involves the transfer of valence electron/s between neighboring atoms. This bond makes two different and opposite charges. Metallic atoms usually loses an electron making then positively charged and the opposite is expected for non metals.

List the following bonds in order of increasing ionic character:CsF, ClCl, BrCl, SiC

List the following bonds in order of increasing ionic character:

CsF, ClCl, BrCl, SiC