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Bonding Flashcards

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Define Ionic Bonding

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Ionic Bonding is the Electrostatic Attraction between Oppositely Charged Ions

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What is a Covalent Bond?

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A Covalent Bond is a bond formed by a Shared Pair of Electrons

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Do Ionic Compounds Have High or Low Melting/Boiling Points? Why?

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Ionic Compounds have High Melting/Boiling Points because of Strong Electrostatic Forces of Attraction

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When do Ionic Compounds Conduct? Why?

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Ionic Compounds Conduct when Molten or in a Solution as Ions become Mobile can can Carry a Current

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What Shape do Ionic Compounds Form?

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Ionic Compounds form Giant Lattices

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What does Expanding the Octet mean?

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Some Elements use their Empty d Sub-Shells to Accept More Than 8 Electrons into their Outer Shell through Covalent Bonding

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What does Reducing the Octet mean?

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Reducing the Octet is where some elements can have Less than 8 Electrons in their Outer Shell through Covalent Bonding. They keep the Same Number of Outer Electrons and find Stability Through Other Means.

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What Is A Lone Pair?

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A Lone Pair is an Outer-Shell pair of Electrons Not involved in Chemical Bonding

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What is a Dative Covalent Bond?

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A Dative Covalent Bond is a Shared Pair of Electrons provided by only One Bonding Atom

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Do Simple Covalent Molecules Conduct?

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Simple Covalent Molecules Don’t Conduct

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What Structure do Giant Covalent Substances have?

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Giant Covalent substances form Large Lattice Structures

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What Giant Covalent Molecule Can Conduct?

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Graphite can Conduct

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Define Metallic Bonding

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Metallic Bonding is the Electrostatic Attraction between Positive Metal Ions and Delocalised Electrons

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In Metallic Bonding, What Happens to the Melting/Boiling Points When There are More Electrons?

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When there are More Electrons in Metallic Bonding, The Melting/Boiling Points Increase

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Why are Metals good Conductors?

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Metals are Good Conductors as Delocalised Electrons can Carry Charge

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Why Are Metals Malleable and Ductile?

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Metals are Malleable and Ductile as Atoms can roll over eachother Without Breaking Bonds

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What Is an Alloy?

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An Alloy is a Mixture of Metal with other Atoms, they are used to Disrupt Layers and change the Properties of the Metal

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 2 Bonding Pairs and 0 Lone Pairs?

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The Bond Angle when there are 2 Bonding Pairs is 180° and the Shape is Linear

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 3 Bonding Pairs and 0 Lone Pairs?

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The Bond Angle when there are 3 Bonding Pairs is 120° and the Shape is Trigonal Planar

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 4 Bonding Pairs and 0 Lone Pairs?

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The Bond Angle when there are 4 Bonding Pairs is 109.5° and the Shape is Tetrahedral

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 6 Bonding Pairs and 0 Lone Pairs?

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The Bond Angle when there are 6 Bonding Pairs is 90° and the Shape is Octahedral

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 3 Bonding Pairs and 1 Lone Pair?

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The Bond Angle when there are 3 Bonding Pairs and 1 Lone Pair is 107° and the Shape is Pyramidal

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What is the Bond Angle and Shape when there are 2 Bonding Pairs and 2 Lone Pairs?

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The Bond Angle when there are 2 Bonding Pairs and 2 Lone Pairs is 104.5° and the Shape is Angular

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