Is a covalent compound composed of a non-metal and a metal?

Answer 1

Eventhough we classify chemical bonds as ionic and covalent,when we get deeper into nature of bonds, we find that what we call an ionic bond has some amount of covalent character and vice versa.So theoritically speaking there's no such thing like nonpolar covalent bond.But if we consider cases of homonuclear diatomic molecules like O2,H2 etc. the electronegativity difference between the two bonded atoms is almost zero and hence there would be an ideal case of equal sharing of electrons by the two atoms in those molecules.Hence it may be called as a nonpolar covalent bond.

Answer 2

A covalent compound is a compound which contains covalent bonds. They do not only contain non-metal and metal in the same compound. A covalent bond is a form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms, and other covalent bonds. In short, the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons is known as covalent bonding.

Covalent bonding occurs in non-metal compounds for the most part, and rarely happens in mixes which contain metal due to the ability of metals to easily delocalize their elections.

Answer 3

Yes a covalent bond is formed by two non metal atoms/elements.