what type of bond occurs when an atom shares one or more pairs of electrons with another atom?
- Unformatted text preview: Each hydrogen atom shares one pair of electrons with the carbon atom. In some covalent bonds, two atoms share the electrons equallyâone atom does not attract the shared electrons more strongly than the other atom. This type of bond is a nonpolar covalent bond . The bonds between two identical atoms are always nonpolar covalent bonds (Figure 2.5 aâc).