BONDING Flashcards
Define ionic bonding:
Ionic bonding is the electrostatic force of attraction between oppositely charged ions formed by electron transfer.
what happens to metals and non metals in ionic bonding?
Metal atoms lose electrons to form +ve ions.
Non-metal atoms gain electrons to form -ve ions.
What is the structure of ionic crystals?
Ionic crystals have the structure of giant lattices of ions
What makes ionic bonds stronger and melting points higher?
Ionic bonding is stronger and the melting points higher when the ions
are smaller and/ or have higher charges.
E.g. MgO has a higher
melting point than NaCl as the ions involved (Mg2+ & O2- are smaller and have higher charges than those in NaCl , Na+ & Cl- )
What is the ionic radii of positive ions?
Positive ions are smaller compared to their atoms because it has one less shell of electrons and the
ratio of protons to electrons has increased so there is greater net force on remaining electrons
holding them more closely.
what is the ionic radii of negative ions?
The negative ion has more electrons than the corresponding atom but the same number of protons. So the pull
of the nucleus is shared over more electrons and the attraction per electron is less, making the ion bigger.
what are the trends in ionic radii down a group?
Within a group the size of the ionic radii increases going down the group. This is because as one goes down the group the ions have more shells of electrons.
what is a covalent bond?
A covalent bond is a shared pair of electrons
what is a dative covalent bond ?
*aka co-ordinate bonding
A dative covalent bond forms when the shared pair of electrons in the covalent bond come from only one of the bonding atoms
Define metallic bonding:
Metallic bonding is the electrostatic force of attraction between the
positive metal ions and the delocalised electrons
List 3 factors that effect the strength of metallic bonding:
- Number of protons/ Strength of nuclear attraction. The more protons the stronger the bond
- Number of delocalised electrons per atom (the outer shell electrons are delocalised). The more delocalised electrons the stronger the bond
- Size of ion.The smaller the ion, the stronger the bond.
what is the structure of a simple molecule and list examples?
*mostly liquids and gases
*it has intermolecular forces (van der
Waals, permanent dipoles, hydrogen
bonds) between molecules
*Iodine , Ice ,Carbon dioxide,Water,Methane
What is the structure of a macro-molecule and list examples?
- solids
- its a giant molecular structure
- Diamond,Graphite,Silicon dioxide,Silicon
What is the structure of metals in metallic bonding?
*list features
- Giant metallic lattice
- shiny metals
- malleable as the positive ions in the lattice are all identical.so the planes of ions can slide over one another
Whats the bp & mp in ionic bonding?
high- because of giant lattice of ions with strong electrostatic forces between oppositely charged ions
What is the mp&bp of a simple molecular structure?
low- because of weak intermolecular forces between
molecules (specify type e.g van der waals/hydrogen
bond)
what is the mp&bp of a macromolecular structure?
high- because of many strong covalent bonds in
macromolecular structure. Take a lot of energy to break the many strong bonds.