Acetylene is a covalent compound
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Acetylene is a covalent compound. It is composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms that are bonded together through shared electron pairs.
covalent, generally only metals non metal form ionic substances, therefore carbon and hydrogen are covalent. C2H2 is acetylene, ethyne and has a carbon carbon triple bond.
C2H2, which is a molecule of ethyne, is composed of covalent bonds. Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
There are three covalent bonds between carbon atoms in acetylene, as acetylene has a triple bond between the two carbon atoms.
It is ionic
Bases can be both ionic and covalent in nature.