What are the different types of bonding?

There are 3 main types of bonding: covalent, ionic and metallic. Covalent bonding occurs when there are a shared pair of electrons between two atoms. Ionic bonding is the electrostatic attraction between two oppositely charged ions. Metallic bonding consists of a regular arrangement of cations (positively charged ions) surrounded by a sea of delocalised electrons, so the bonds are held together by the electrostatic attraction between the negative electrons and the positive cations.
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To explain this in more detail, electrostatic attraction essentially means an attraction between two oppositely charged atoms.

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