Ionic and covalent bonding
Bonding models help us organize electron redistribution and sharing; real bonding often lies between simple extremes.
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Read the picture
The illustration is conceptual. It shows relationships, not a literal photograph of atoms, orbitals or microscopic particles.
Mendeleev
Use the picture to make a prediction first. Then open the deeper science page and see where the simple model works—and where it stops working.