What are some nonpolar covalent bond examples?

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Madison Anderson · Accepted Answer

How about the air you and I are breathing right now...?

We inhale dinitrogen, and dioxygen, i.e. #N_2# and #O_2#...and we EXHALE dinitrogen, and carbon dioxide...all of these are NON-POLAR molecules. Both the gasoline we use in our motors and the methane gas we use to cook our food are excellent examples of non-polar covalent bonds.

Ava Andrews · Answer

undefined Some examples of nonpolar covalent bonds include:

1. Diatomic molecules: Oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2), and hydrogen (H2) molecules consist of two atoms of the same element bonded together with nonpolar covalent bonds.

2. Carbon dioxide (CO2): The carbon-oxygen bonds in carbon dioxide are nonpolar covalent because the difference in electronegativity between carbon and oxygen is small.

3. Methane (CH4): The bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms in methane are nonpolar covalent because carbon and hydrogen have similar electronegativities.

4. Tetrachloromethane (CCl4): The bonds between carbon and chlorine atoms in tetrachloromethane are nonpolar covalent due to the similar electronegativities of carbon and chlorine.