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Which of the following elements will not form a polar covalent bond with oxygen?

A. Hydrogen
B. Sodium
C. Oxygen
D. Fluorine

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sodium will form an ionic bond

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User Mario Corchero
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Answer:

C. Oxygen

Step-by-step explanation:

Oxygen will not form a polar covalent bond with another oxygen atom because when 2 atoms of the same element bond, it is a nonpolar covalent bond.

Since they are the same element, the 2 oxygens have the same electronegativity and will share their electrons equally.

Polar covalent bonds involve 2 atoms that will share electrons unequally

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