Why is Sulfur Oxide (SO) a covalent bond?

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Nam D.
Jun 15, 2018

Because they're both nonmetals...

Explanation:

Covalent bonds form mainly between two or more nonmetals. This happens through the sharing of electrons. Any gas molecule made with entirely nonmetals, such as CO2, CH4, SO2, NO2,... are all held together by covalent bonds.

Sulfur and oxygen are both nonmetals due to their position on the periodic table, and so sulfur monoxide or SO would just be held by covalent bonding.

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