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what is a major way ionic and covalent or molecular compounds differ? ionic compounds transfer or steal electrons while covalent compounds share electrons covalent compounds form ions, but ionic do not only covalent compounds can have more than 2 elements rewatch
Ionic compounds are formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another (resulting in ions), while covalent compounds are formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms. Covalent compounds do not form ions (so the second option is wrong). Both ionic and covalent compounds can have more than 2 elements (so the third option is wrong).
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ionic compounds transfer or steal electrons while covalent compounds share electrons