Question

Carbon monoxide (co ) is used as a purifying gas in mond's process to produce nickel from its ores. what type of bonding occurs between the atoms of a co molecule?

Answer 1

Answer is: covalent bond.

Covalent bond is bond between nonmetals. Carbon (C) and oxygen (O) are nonmetals.

Carbon atom and oxygen atom are connected by a triple bond (six shared electrons in three bonding molecular orbitals) that is formed of two covalent bonds and one dative covalent bond.

Dative covalent bond is formed by two electrons derive from the oxygen atom.

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, toxic and tasteless gas.

Answer 2

Carbon monoxide has a special type of bond that is a triple bond. The triple bond consists of two covalent bonds in which the elements share some of the outer electrons and then is a dative covalent bond. This is a bond that gives the elements a special kind of group and power in relation to the strength when attempting to break it up.