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When does ionic bonding happen?

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When a metal reacts with a non metal - oppositely charges particles

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What is ionic bonding?

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When the electron is transferred

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What is the compound between a metal and non metal called?

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An ionic compound

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What are the properties of metals?

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  • They conduct electricity
  • They conduct heat
  • They are malleable and ductile
  • They have high melting and boiling points
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What energy keeps ionic bonds together?

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Electrostatic force of attraction

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What is covalent bonding?

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Sharing electrons

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Are covalent or ionic bonds stronger?

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Ionic

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What does covalent bonding involve?

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Two non metals

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Do covalent bonds have high or low melting points?

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Low

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How are metals structured?

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A lattice of atoms and a sea of free electrons

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What do thermochromic things control?

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Temperature

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What do photochromic things change?

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Light

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What can hydrogels do?

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Absorb water

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How big are nano particles?

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1x10(-9)m

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What properties does silver/silver nitrate have?

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Antibacterial properties

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How reactive are alkanes?

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Not at all

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What are the properties of an ionic compound?

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  • A three dimensional lattice structure (giant ionic structure)
  • A high melting point
  • They conduct electricity when molten or dissolved in water
  • They’re brittle
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How are ions in a sodium chloride crystal arranged?

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In a cubic lattice - each ion is surrounded by six nearest neighbors of opposite charge

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What kind of compound is water?

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A covalent compound

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20
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Do covalent bonds conduct electricity?

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Nein

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How strong is the energy within a covalent bond?

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Within the bond it is very strong but the molecules attract each other weakly, so they have low boiling points

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What melting points do giant covalent compounds have?

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High ones as atoms are held together by very strong covalent bonds

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23
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Give two examples of giant covalent structures

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Diamond and graphite

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What are diamond and graphite made out of?

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Carbón

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What are carbon atoms in diamond connected to?
Four other carbon atoms, meaning that it’s a three dimensional lattice based on a tetrahedral unit cell
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What is graphite made of?
Layers of carbon atoms in hexagonal rings - bind between layers are quite weak and allow layers to slide over one and other
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What are the properties of diamonds?
Transparent, an electrical insulator, very high melting point (3500 degrees) very hard
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What are the qualities of graphite?
Grey/black shiny solid, very soft (lubricant) also pencils, conducts electricity, high melting point (3600)
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Can graphite cells conduct electricity across layers?
No
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What are fullerenes?
Allotropes of carbon made up of balls or tubes or carbon atoms
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What are the properties of carbon nanotubes?
They’re very stiff and strong and have higher electrical conductivity than copper - and in a tube 10000 times thinner than a human hair
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How are carbon nanotubes formed?
When graphite layers form and then roll up into tubes rather than being deposited in layers
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What melting point do carbon nanotubes have?
A very high one
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How conductive are carbon nanotubes?
Very
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What are buckyballs?
A giant molecule of 60 carbon atoms in the shape of a ball
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What do buckyballs fit together to form?
A transparent yellow solid called fullerite
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What properties do buckyballs have?
Similar ones to nanotubes
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What is an advantage of buckyballs compared to nanotubes?
They can trap other molecules and therefore carry drugs to specific sites in the body
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What is graphene?
One layer of a graphite molecule
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What are the qualities of graphene?
- The thinnest material known to man - The lightest material known to man - 100-300 times stronger than steel - The best conductor of heat at room temperature and the best conductor of electricity known
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Why are nano particles more useful than normal particles?
Because they have a much larger surface area for their size than other particles
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Why is the size of a silver nano particle particularly useful?
Because it can enter a living cell
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Why are some people anxious about nano particles?
Because some people don't know their long term effects
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What is titanium dioxide?
A white solid used in house paint and coating some chocolates
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How small are titanium nano-particles
So small that they are invisible
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Why is titanium dioxide used in sun-cream?
Because it's invisible but can block harmful ultraviolet light
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What do we have to do to titanium dioxide in suncream?
Coat it in something so it isn't absorbed into the skin
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Is titanium dioxide harmful?
Not obviously, but some people think we don't know enough yet
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Define smart materials
Materials with properties that change reversibly with a change in their surroundings
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What are most thermometric materials based on?
Liquid crystal technology
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What is liquid crystal technology also used in?
Flat screen televisions
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How do liquid crystals work?
At a specific temperature they re-orientate to produce a change in colour and then go back when the temperature changes
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What are thermochromic pigments used in?
Mugs than change colour with heat etc.
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What do photochromic pigments contain?
Special organic molecules that change colour when exposed to light or ultraviolet light
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What does light do to photochromic pigments?
It breaks a bond in the molecules, which then rearranges itself. It can return to its original form after
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What are photochromic pigments used in?
Photochromic lenses in glasses which allow normal glasses to become sunglasses
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What are shape-memory polymers?
Plastics which can regain their shape when they're heated and then re-cooled
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What is the property in shape-memory molecules called?
Shape retention
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What are shape memory polymers used for in industry?
In the building industry for window frame sealing and manufacturing gum shields
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What are the future applications of shape-memory polymers
Plastic car bodies from which a dent could be removed by heating
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What's the difference between a shape-memory polymer and shape-memory alloy?
The polymer is made of plastic and alloy of metal
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What are the remarkable properties of some shape-memory alloys (nickel/titanium alloys, known as NiTi)
- Pseudo elasticity (they appear to be plastic) | - Shape retention
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What are the possible uses of shape-memory alloys?
Deformable spectacle frames, and surgical plates for joining bone fractures
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What are hydrogels?
Polymer gels that absorb or expel water and swell and shrink up to 1000 times their volume due to changes in pH or temperature
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How are hydrogels structured?
They are cross-linked to polymers that enable water and some other liquids to be absorbed within the structure, making it swell
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What do the applications of hydrogels (polymer gels) include?
Artificial muscles, granules added to house plant compost to retain water, filling for nappies

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