What term describes a bond in which the atoms share more than one pair of electrons, such as a double bond or a triple bond?

• A. Ionic Compound
• B. Lattice Energy
• C. Multiple Bond
• D. Metallic Bonding

Answer: (C)

Sharing more than one electron pair between two atoms is a multiple bond. In covalent bonding, atoms can share electrons to fill their valence shells, and a single bond uses one shared pair, while a double bond uses two shared pairs and a triple bond uses three. So when the description mentions sharing more than one pair, the general term is multiple bond, which includes both double and triple bonds. The other terms describe different bonding types: an ionic compound results from electron transfer and electrostatic attraction between ions; lattice energy is the energy needed to break apart an ionic solid; metallic bonding involves a sea of delocalized electrons shared among many metal atoms rather than discrete two-atom bonds.