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Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter Flashcards

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Ion

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Charged particle formed when an atom/molecule loses/gains electrons to get a full outer shell

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What happens when metals form ions

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  • lose electrons
  • form positive ions
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What happens when non-metals form ions

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  • gain electrons
  • form negative ions
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How is charge of an ion determined

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number of an electrons lost

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Most likely groups to form ions

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  • group 1
  • group 2
  • group 6
  • group 7
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Types of bonds

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  • ionic
  • covalent
  • metallic
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ionic bond

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Strong attraction between oppositely charged ions by electrostatic forces, caused by metals and non-metals reacting together

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What happens in an ionic bond

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  • metal atom loses electrons
  • electrons transferred to non-metal
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What diagram shows ionic bonds

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Dot and cross

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Limitations of dot and cross diagram

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Doesn’t show 3 dimensional nature of structure

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Structure of ionic compound

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Giant ionic lattice

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Structure of giant ionic lattice

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  • ions form closely packed regular lattice arrangement
  • strong electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged particles in all directions in lattice
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Properties of ionic compounds

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  • high melting points
  • high boiling points
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14
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Why do ionic compounds have high melting/boiling points

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There are strong electrostatic forces of attraction between ions that take a lot of energy to overcome

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15
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When can ionic compounds conduct electricity

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When molten

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16
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Molten

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Metled

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17
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Why can ionic compounds conduct electricity when molten

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Ions are free to move and carry a charge

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18
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When can’t ionic compounds conduct electricity

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When solid

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Why can’t ionic compounds conduct electricity when solid

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ions held in place so can’t carry a charge

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What happens to some ionic compounds in water

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  • they dissolve
  • ions separate and are free to move in solution
  • carry electric charge and conduct electricity
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Empirical formula

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  • what atoms are in an ionic compound
  • includes number of each atom
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Covalent bond

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  • bond between non-metals
  • electrons shared to get full outer shells
  • positive nuclei attracted to shared electrons through electrostatic forces
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23
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Diagram to show covalent bonds

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Dot and cross

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Simple molecular substances

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Substances made up of molecules containing a few atoms joined together by covalent bonds

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Properties of simple molecular substances

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  • atoms within molecules held together by very strong covalent bonds
  • forces of attraction between molecules very weak
  • low melting/boiling points
  • usually gas/liquid at room temperature
  • melting/boiling points increase as molecules get bigger
  • don’t conduct electricity
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Why do simple molecular structures have low melting/boiling points

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To melt/boil, only have to break weak intermolecular forces (easy to do)

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Why do melting/boiling points of simple molecular substances increase as they get bigger

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  • strength of intermolecular forces increases
  • more energy needed to break them
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Why can’t simple molecular structures conduct electricity

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Not charged so there are no free electrons to carry a charge

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Polymers

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Long chains of repeating small units, forming a long molecule that has repeating sections

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30
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How are atoms in polymers linked

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Strong covalent bonds

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How are polymers drawn

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  • repeating section in brackets
  • ‘n’ outside brackets showing number of sections
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State of polymers at room temperature

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Why are polymers solid at room temperature

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Stronger intermolecular forces, requiring more energy to break them

34
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What type of molecule are giant covalent structures

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Macromolecules

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Properties of giant covalent structures

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  • all atoms bonded to each other by strong covalent bonds
  • high melting/boiling points
  • usually can’t conduct electricity
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Why do giant covalent structures have high melting/boiling points

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Lots of energy needed to break covalent bonds between atoms

37
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Why don’t giant covalent structures usually conduct electricity

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Don’t contain charged particles

38
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Examples of giant covalent structures

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  • diamond
  • graphite
  • silicon dioxide
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Allotrope

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Different structural forms of the same element in the same physical state

40
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Allotropes of carbon

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  • diamond
  • graphite
  • fullerene
41
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Properties of diamond

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  • very hard
  • high melting point
  • doesn’t conduct electricity
42
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Why is diamond very hard

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Each carbon atom forms 4 covalent bonds

43
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Why does diamond have a high melting point

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Covalent bonds are strong and need a lot of energy to break

44
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Why doesn’t diamond conduct electricity

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No free electrons/ions to carry a charge

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Properties of graphite

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  • each carbon atom forms 3 covalent bonds, creating sheets of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons
  • layers held together weakly (no covalent bonds) so it is soft and slippery - good lubrication
  • high melting point
  • conducts electricity + thermal energy
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Why does graphite have a high melting point

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Covalent bonds require much energy to break

47
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Why does graphite conduct electricity and thermal energy

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Only 3 of carbons electron used in bonds - 1 electron delocalised and free to move

48
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Graphene

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  • 1 layer of graphite
  • sheet of carbon atoms joined together in hexagons
  • 1 atom thick
  • contains delocalised electrons to conduct electricity
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Fullerene

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  • molecules of carbon shaped liked closed tubes or hollow balls
  • made up of carbon atoms arranged in hexagon sometimes containing pentagons (rings of 5 carbon atoms) or heptagons (rings of 7 carbon atoms)
  • can form nanotubes
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Uses of fullerene

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  • delivering a drug into body - fullerene structure forms around other atoms/molecules and traps them inside
  • industrial catalyst - large surface area, individual catalyst molecules could be attached to fullernes
  • lubrication
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First fullerene to be discovered

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Buckminsterfullerene

52
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Molecular formula of Buckminsterfullerene

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What does Buckminsterfullerene form

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Hollow tubes

54
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Nanotubes

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Tiny carbon cylinders

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Properties of nanotubes

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  • high ration between length and diameter
  • conduct electricity + thermal energy
  • high tensile strength so don’t break when stretched
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nanotechnology

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Technology that uses very small particles like nanotubes

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Uses of nanotubes

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  • strengthening materials without adding much weight
  • used in electronics
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Metallic bonding

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Strong electrostatic forces of attraction between positive metal ions and shared negative electrons, holding atoms together in a regular struture

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Properties of metals

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  • mostly solid at room temperature - high melting/boiling points
  • good conductors of electricity
  • good conductors of heat
  • malleable
  • strong and hard to break
60
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Why are most metals solid at room temperature

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electrostatic forces between metal atoms and sea of delocalised electrons need lots of energy to be broken to melt/boil

61
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Why are metals good conductors of electricity/heat

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delocalised electrons carry electrical charge + thermal energy through whole structure

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Why are metals malleable

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Layers of atoms can slide over each other

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Why aren’t metals always right for certain jobs

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Often too soft when pure

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How to deal with metals being too soft for certain jobs

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Mix them with other metals to make them harder

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Alloy

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Mixture of 2 or more metals or a metal and another element

66
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Why are alloys harder than pure metals

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  • different metals have different sized atoms
  • when another element is mixed with a pure metal, new metal atoms will distort layers of metal atoms, making it more difficult fore layers to slide over each other
67
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What determines what state something is a certain temperature

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Strength of forces of attraction between particles of the material

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What determines strength of forces of attraction between particles in a material

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  • material - structure of substance + types of bonds holding particles together
  • temperature
  • pressure
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Criticisms of the particle theory model

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  • uses inelastic/spherical particles instead of atoms/ions/molecules
  • doesn’t show forces between particles so can’t see how strong they are
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Aqueous

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dissolved in water

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What happens when a solid is heated

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  • particles gain more energy and vibrate more, this weakens the forces holding the solid together
  • at certain temperature (melting point), particles have enough energy to break free from their positions (melting) and turn into a liquid
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What happens when a liquid is heated

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  • particles gain more energy and move faster
  • bonds holding liquid together weaken and break
  • at certain temperature (boiling point), particles have enough energy to break bonds (boiling) and turn into a gas
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What happens when gases cool

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  • particles no longer have enough energy to overcome forces of attraction between them
  • bonds form between particles
  • as boiling point, so many bonds have formed between gas particles, it has condensed and become a liquid
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What happens when liquids cool

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  • particles have less energy so move around less
  • not enough energy to overcome forces of attraction between particles so bonds form between them
  • at melting point, so many bonds have formed between particles, they’re held in place
  • liquid had frozen to become a solid
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What determines amount of energy needed for a substance to change state

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How strong forces between particles are

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