Oxygen and hydrogen share electrons in the molecule of water to form covalent bonds.
<h3>What kinds of bonds exist?</h3>
Covalent bonds: These are formed between nonmetals and electrons by sharing electrons.
Ionic bonds: These are formed between metals, which lose electrons, and nonmetals, which gain electrons.
Metallic bonds: There are formed between metals. Electrons are delocalized in a cloud.
Water, H₂O, is a molecule made of 2 nonmetals: oxygen and hydrogen. The bonds that hold water molecules together are due to shared electrons, and known as covalent bonds.
Oxygen and hydrogen share electrons in the molecule of water to form covalent bonds.
