chemical bond:

See L. Pauling, The Nature of the Chemical Bond (3d ed. 1960); A. L. Companion, Chemical Bonding (2d ed. 1979).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Ionic Bond
• The Covalent Bond
• Metallic and Hydrogen Bonds
• Bibliography

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