A hydrogen bond is an attractive force between a hydrogen atom, which is covalently bonded to a more electronegative atom like oxygen or nitrogen, and another electronegative atom. It can occur between different molecules or within the same molecule.

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A Hydrogen Bond Is

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A hydrogen bond is

A) a sharing of a pair of electrons between a hydrogen and an oxygen nucleus.
B) a sharing of a pair of electrons between a hydrogen nucleus and either an oxygen or a nitrogen nucleus.
C) an attractive force that involves a hydrogen atom and an oxygen or a nitrogen atom that are either in two different molecules or within the same molecule.
D) found only in water molecules.
E) is the strongest form of chemical bond.

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