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What are example of covalent compounds that can be found in household items?

David Shobe  Follow

NaCl (Sodium chloride): Table salt

Na2CO3 (Sodium bicarbonate): Baking soda

CaCO3 (Calcium carbonate): Limestone, chalk, marble

FeO (Iron oxide): Rust

Mg(OH)2 (Magnesium hydroxide): Milk of magnesia (to treat indigestion)

Ionic compounds are extremely common in daily life, but not before humans were able to discover, extract and use these compounds. Organic compounds are much more common since they go in and out of your body everyday.

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Chen Tang  Follow

You’d be more hard pressed to find something that doesnt contain a covalent bond.

A covalent bond is what creates molecules (CO2) from pure atoms (C, O). This would include water, natural gas, oxygen (O2). The covalent bond is normally depicted as a line between atoms (H-O-O-H).

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