There are different types of bonds. Specifically there are three, but that's for another blog. The two types that will be spoken about are Ionic and Covalent bonds. Covalent bonds consist of pairs of electrons shared by two atoms and they are bonded in a fixed orientation. Ionic bonds steal or gain electrons to make a bond which creates a cation or an anion. To compare the two, first of all, covalent bonds have a low polarity and ionic bonds have a high polarity. Also, covalent bonds are formed by chemically bonding between two non metallic atoms which share each other's electrons while ionic bonding takes usually a metallic and non metallic atom which will either remove electrons or gain them. Covalent bonds will always have a definite shape while the ionic bond takes no real shape at all. They're melting points also differ with the covalent being a low melting point compared to the ionic bonding's high boiling point.
These two little bonds help make regular everyday things we may use such as table salt. These bonds make up a majority of how many elements will stick together. It allows us to merge things and learn more about compounds. It can be helpful in making some kind of useful medicine to something we put on our food. No matter you look at it, they are important to the science community and to the general population.
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