Bonding Flashcards
What is bonding
Bonding is were 2 chemicals of the same or different particles merge to form ions
What is ionic bonding
An ionic bond is the term between 2 oppositely charged ions. It occurs between metals and non- metals. For example when a sodium and chlorine atom react together the sodium loses its electrons to the chlorine atom and 2 ions are formed with full outer shells
What is covalent bonding
Covalent bonding is a occurrence between only non metals ( elements from groups 4 to 7 ) where they both need to gain electrons for a full outer shell to manage this they share their electrons with each other from their outer shells
What makes nitrogen atoms different to other bonding elements
Each nitrogen atom has 5 electrons in its outer shell and there requires 3 more in order to have a full shell, which puts it a a disadvantage when trying to find a bond
Why might some elements not bond with others
Some elements don’t bond with others due to the fact that they are in different groups on the periodic table which means that they have different atomic numbers and mass numbers
