What: "You know, I'm glad you said something, because I've given this a lot of thought since my comment. Ionic bonds are the only bonds where anything is "exchanged," i.e., an electron or two. So maybe covalent and hydrogen bonding is really only friendship. Metallic bonds are like office friendships and van der Waals bonds are like friendly acquaintanceships where you're always happy to "play catch-up" every once in a while. I think I may have been a little hasty in my judgment of the chemical community."

Writer: Curmudgeonliness

LCC: QD

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Date: May 15 2013 10:01 PM