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When a hammer strikes a compound formed by covalent bonds, what will most likely happen to the compound?

It will break into many pieces.
It will reform into a new shape.
It will spread out and then return to its original shape.
It will stay solid and resist the force of the hammer.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It will break into many pieces.

Covalently bonded solids (and many molecular/ionic solids) are brittle — the bonds can't easily shift, so a strong impact breaks bonds and the material shatters.