Which element, when combined with Fluorine, would form an COVALENT compound? A. Lithium
B. Iron
C. Phosphorus
D. Sodium

Explanation:

A covalent compound is a compound formed by covalent bonds. A covalent bond is formed between two atoms where electrons are shared between the two atoms. This forms a molecule.

What determines whether two elements will form a covalent compound or not is the number of valence electrons present in each of the elements.

Fluorine will form a covalent compound with phosphorous because fluorine has 5 electrons in its outermost shell. It needs 3 more to become stable.

Phosphorous also has 5 valence electrons. It needs 3 more to become stable.

What happens is that 3 atoms of FLuorine combine with one atom of Phosphorus, sharing the valence electrons between themselves. This leads to the formation of the PF3 molecule.

Both the Phosphorous and the Fluorine are now stable.

Phosphorus

Explanation: since both are non-metals they would both create a covalent bond.

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explanation:

covalent bonds

consist of pairs of electrons shared by two atoms, and bind the atoms to fixed orientation and requre high energies to break them

ionic bonds

when two atoms differ considerably in their electronegativity, then one of the atoms will lose its electron to the other atom. this results in a positively charged ion(cation) and a negatively charged ion (anion)

in chemistry, adhesion and cohesion are attractive forces that exist between molecules. they hold the molecules together from each other. they are different in that adhesive force exists between molecules of different substance while cohesive force happens between molecules of same substance.

adhesion between water and glass causes water molecules at the edge of water and glass interface to climb up the wall in a narrow glass tube. this is called capillary action. cohesion is what gives glass its shape and causes water to form a droplet.