Define the term chemical bond. What are its different types?

1.	Define the term chemical bond. What are its different types?
Answer» The attractive forces which hold the constituent atoms in molecules of species in lattices etc., is called a chemical bond. They are of the following types: (i) Electrovalent or ionic bond (ii) Covalent bond (iii) Coordinate or dative bond (iv) Metallic bond (v) Hydrogen bond (vi) van der Waals forces.

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The attractive forces which hold the constituent atoms in molecules of species in lattices etc., is called a chemical bond.

They are of the following types:

(i) Electrovalent or ionic bond

(ii) Covalent bond

(iii) Coordinate or dative bond

(iv) Metallic bond

(v) Hydrogen bond

(vi) van der Waals forces.

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