It is possible to have interatomic bonds that are partially ionic and partially covalent, and, in fact, very few compounds exhibit pure ionic or covalent bonding. For a compound, the degree of either bond type depends on the relative positions of the constituent atoms in the periodic table or the difference in their electronegativities. The wider the separation (both horizontally—relative to Group IVA—and vertically) from the lower left to the upper-right-hand corner (i.e., the greater the difference in electronegativity), the more ionic the bond. Conversely, the closer the atoms are together (i.e., the smaller the difference in electronegativity), the greater the degree of covalency. The percentage ionic character of a bond between elements A and B (A being the most electronegative) may be approximated by the expression:
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