Propane, the gas used in barbeque grills, is made of carbon and hydrogen. will the atoms that make up propane form covalent bonds? why or why not?

The atoms in propane form covalent bonds. The four valence electrons of carbon are either shared with electrons from either carbon or hydrogen. Only covalent bonding is possible for this compound. Ionic bonding cannot occur because in this molecule, C and H do not exist as ions. The formula of propane is C3H8.

The atoms of propane will form covalent bonds because carbon and hydrogen are both nonmetals.