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Question
Fill in the blank in the following sentence:
Two chlorine atoms combine to form a molecule. The bond between them is known as ..........
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Solution
Two chlorine atoms combine to form a molecule. The bond between them is known as a covalent bond.
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- \[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{.....}|\phantom{.....}|\\
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|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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\phantom{.......}|\\
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\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\\
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