Types of Chemical Bonds

The most basic types of chemical bonds are ionic chemical bonds and covalent chemical bonds. In school chemistry, these two types of chemical bonds are most important and will be tested. These types of chemical bonds are tow ways in which atoms can be held together. However, there are more kinds of chemical bonds which we will discuss below.

List of types of chemical bonds

Other main types of chemical bonds are included in this list of different types of chemical bonds. Atoms can also be held by various forces that hold the particles together.

1. ionic chemical bonds

    

2. covalent chemical bonds

    

3. coordinate chemical bonds

    

4. hydrogen chemical bonds

    

5. dipole-dipole chemical bonds

    

6. metallic chemical bonds

Differences between types of chemical bonds

The nature of the forces of attraction between particles will have a considerable bearing on the properties of the substance.

In any atom it is the electron in the highest energy orbitals that are involved in the process of chemical bonding and forming chemical bonds. These electrons are sometimes called valency electrons.

The electron configurations are regarded as particularly stable and are not easily broken down. The electronic theory of chemical bonding states that , on bonding, atoms attempt to achieve noble gas electronic configurations.

• Covalent Bonds