How would hydrogen (H) and fluorine (F) covalently bond
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How would hydrogen (H) and fluorine (F) covalently bond

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...Note: the asterisks indicate electrons, theres just not a button that works better-Separately they form covalent bonds to each other -- H2 and F2.Together they are NOT a covalent bond,......
Fluorine has 7 valence electrons. Hydrogen has 1 valence electron.
Fluorine shares its 7 valence electrons with Hydrogen and Hydrogen shares its 1 valence electron with Fluorine. This is because Hydrogen wants to fill its shell to 2 electrons and Fluorine wants to fill its shell to 8 electrons.
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:F- -H ---> :F-H
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Separately they form covalent bonds to each other -- H2 and F2.

Together they are NOT a covalent bond, because their electronegativies differ so extremely much (f=4, h=2.1). Difference of over 1.5 means a polar bond, NOT covalent.

Covalent bonds have electronegativity differences of less than 0.5.
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