Chemical bond. A chemical bond is a lasting attraction between atoms that enables the formation of chemical compounds. The bond may result from the electrostatic force of attraction between atoms with opposite charges, or through the sharing of electrons as in the covalent bonds.
The University of South Carolina has an enrollment of approximately 49,220 students, with 33,575 on the main Columbia campus as of fall 2015. USC also has several thousand future students in feeder programs at surrounding technical colleges.
University of Southern Mississippi has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,840, with a gender distribution of 36 percent male students and 64 percent female students. At this school, 27 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 73 percent of students live off campus.