In chemistry, bonding is the process by which two or more atoms exchange valence electrons and join together to form a molecule or when two or more molecular structures connect owing to electromagnetic interactions.
In the social sciences, the concept of bonding refers to the formation of interpersonal relationships.

Vision Learning - Dr. Anthony Carpi on Chemical Bonding. Examples and discussion of ionic and covalent bonding. Introduces Lewis Dot Structures with resources and links for further exploration.
California State University: Virtual Classroom - Joe Chemist course outline including valence bond theory.
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Chemistrycoach - High School tutorial on bonding.
Chemteam - Tutorials for high school chemistry, including a short tutorial on bonding concepts.
Chemtutor Compounds and Bonding - A large page with basic bonding introduction and many examples.
Complex atoms - University of Winnipeg discussion of the periodic table, elemental bonding, and materials applications.
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Dr. Roger Peters' AUFBAU1 - Dr. R. Peters teaching resource for 14 to 16 year old chemistry students. Includes an excellent introduction to bonding. Entire introduction also available as a compressed file download.
Electronegativity - Three dimensional periodic table of electronegativity.
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Electronegativity: Pure Covalent, Polar Covalent and Ionic Bonding - A concise discussion of electronegativity as it relates to bonding.
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Florida State University - Basic concepts in chemical bonding.
How do I draw a Lewis structure for a molecule? - Step-by-step procedure for drawing Lewis structures
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From a database of frequently asked questions from the Chemical bonds section of General Chemistry Online. ]
Lewis dot structures - Timed tutorial introducing Lewis Dot Structures.
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MPS/MTP Science Links: Chemical Bonding - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee index of chemical bonding documents including study guides and theory in a user rated format.
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education - An introduction to chemical bonding. Includes an excellent answer to the question Why do chemical bonds form?
Oklahoma State University chemical bonding concept overview - Table of contents with links to laboratory activities and demonstrations related to chemical bonding.
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Simon Fraser University Digital Text - Introduction to chemistry including bonding. A course in digital text, many of which are available as PDF files.
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UCI Electronic Educational Environment - Many lectures on Chemistry, including bonding concepts and data.
University of California Irvine: Ionic Bonding - From a general chemistry course, what I want you to know about ionic bonding.
University of Oregon - Introduction to Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory.
Meta Description: [ An introduction to VSEPR theory. Includes links to
pages with example PDB files which may be viewed using Chemscape Chime. ]
Virginia Tech Chemistry Department - Notes on ionic bonding.
VSEPR - Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) model.
VSEPR Method - In English and French. Lesson with diagrams and pictures.
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