{"id":236987,"date":"2025-06-16T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=236987"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:51:11","slug":"which-of-the-following-compounds-have-both-polar-covalent-and-ionic-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/16\/which-of-the-following-compounds-have-both-polar-covalent-and-ionic-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following compounds have both polar covalent and ionic bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Which of the following compounds have both polar covalent and ionic bonds? NH3Br H2O2 HCN H2S None of these By accessing this Question Assistance you will learn while you earn points based on the Point Portal MacBook Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: NH\u2083Br<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine which compound contains <strong>both polar covalent and ionic bonds<\/strong>, we need to understand what these types of bonds are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Polar covalent bonds<\/strong> occur when electrons are shared unequally between atoms with different electronegativities (for example, between hydrogen and oxygen).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ionic bonds<\/strong> occur when electrons are <strong>transferred<\/strong> from a metal to a nonmetal, creating oppositely charged ions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s analyze each compound:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NH\u2083Br (Ammonium bromide):<\/strong><br>This compound consists of the <strong>ammonium ion (NH\u2084\u207a)<\/strong> and the <strong>bromide ion (Br\u207b)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bond between <strong>NH\u2084\u207a and Br\u207b<\/strong> is <strong>ionic<\/strong>, as it involves a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inside the <strong>NH\u2084\u207a<\/strong> ion, the nitrogen and hydrogen atoms are bonded <strong>covalently<\/strong>, and due to the difference in electronegativity, these bonds are <strong>polar covalent<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 <strong>Contains both polar covalent and ionic bonds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H\u2082O\u2082 (Hydrogen peroxide):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bonds in this molecule (O\u2013O and O\u2013H) are <strong>polar covalent<\/strong>, but there are <strong>no ionic bonds<\/strong> present.<br>\u274c <strong>Only polar covalent bonds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HCN (Hydrogen cyanide):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bonds (H\u2013C and C\u2261N) are <strong>polar covalent<\/strong>, but again, <strong>no ionic bonding<\/strong> is present.<br>\u274c <strong>Only polar covalent bonds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H\u2082S (Hydrogen sulfide):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The H\u2013S bonds are <strong>polar covalent<\/strong>, but this molecule is not ionic.<br>\u274c <strong>Only polar covalent bonds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>None of these:<\/strong><br>Incorrect, because <strong>NH\u2083Br<\/strong> fits the condition.<br>\u274c <strong>Incorrect choice.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NH\u2083Br<\/strong> is the correct answer because it contains <strong>ionic bonds<\/strong> (between NH\u2084\u207a and Br\u207b) and <strong>polar covalent bonds<\/strong> (between nitrogen and hydrogen within NH\u2084\u207a). The other options only contain <strong>polar covalent bonds<\/strong> without any ionic character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-777.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236988\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following compounds have both polar covalent and ionic bonds? NH3Br H2O2 HCN H2S None of these By accessing this Question Assistance you will learn while you earn points based on the Point Portal MacBook Air The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: NH\u2083Br Explanation: To determine which compound contains both polar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}