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Atoms holding hands because being alone costs more energy than sharing.
means A chemical bond is the attractive force that holds atoms together in a molecule, formed when they share, give, or take electrons to reach a more stable arrangement.
from 'Bond' comes from Old Norse 'band,' meaning something that binds or fastens — the same root behind 'bind' and 'bundle.' Chemists borrowed the everyday word for ties and fetters in the 19th century, once they began picturing atoms as linked by actual forces rather than just mixed together, giving the metaphor of a physical 'tie' between atoms a precise scientific job.
- true cause
- electrons minimizing energy, not atoms wanting friends
- ionic bonds
- one atom just steals the electron outright
- covalent bonds
- atoms share electrons via awkward custody arrangement
- breaking bonds
- always costs energy, forming them always releases it