Brief intro to bonding

A covalent bond is a form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms, and other covalent bonds. In short, the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons is known as covalent bonding. Instead of giving electrons, the atom merges its electrons so that they form 2 or 8. To read more go to http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55