Bondings Flashcards
When does ionic bonding happen and how ?
With metal + non-metal
When atoms lose or gain electrons
What does ionic bonding form
Giant ionic lattice by strong electrostatic forces of attraction
What are the properties of ionic bonding
- Cannot conduct electricity when solid as ions are fixed and connot move but when dissolved in water it can
- Soluble
- Extremely high melting and boiling points due to strong attraction between ions
Why can’t ionic compunds conduct electricity when solid
Ions cannot move they are locked together by strong electostatic forces of attraction
And in water they are free to move
Properties of metallic bonding
- Do conduct electricity
- high melting point as electrons are very strong
- insoluble in water
- carry electrical currents and thermal energy
- electrostatic attractions hold everything together
- Sea of delocalised electrons
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Metallic bonding
The electrons of the outer shell of the metal atom are delocalised (free to move around). There are strong forces of electrostatic attraction between the positive metal ions and the shared negative electrons.
What is covalent bonding?
A covalent bond is a strong bond that forms when a pair of electrons is shared between two atoms
Giant covalent
In giant covalent structures, all the atoms are bonded to each other by strong covalent bonds.
Properties of giant covalent
Examples
- Very high melting and boiling points as lots of energy is needed to break bonds
- don’t conduct electricity as they don’t contain charged particles apart from graphite or graphene
- Every atom is connected bt strong covalent bonds
- They are always solid at room temperature
- They aren’t soluable in water
Diamond, Graphite and silicon dioxide
Simple covalent bonds
They have a small and fixed number of atoms
Examples of simple covalent bonds
Hydrogen
Hydrogen chloride
Water
Oxygen
Methane (co2+H)
Carbon dioxide
Properties of small covalent bonds
- Low melting and boiling points because molecules are easily parted from each other
- Usually gases or liquids at romm temperature
- They all boil below room temperature
- Does not conduct electricity because the molecules do not have any free electrons and an overall electric charge
- Strong covalent bonds but weak intermolecular forces so not engough energy to keep bonds togather when boiling so not much energy is needed for covalent molecules to go from liquid to gas
- If the molecule gets bigger so does the the strength of the inter molecular forces so more energy needed
Intermolecular
Forces of attraction between molecules
Weak intermolecular forces
The weak intermolecular forces between the molecules do not require a lot of energy to break
Diamond
Explain properties and bonding
-Diamond is made up by a network of carbon atoms that each form 4 covalent bonds
-Diamonds have high melting points because they have strong covalent bonds so it takes a lot of energy to break them
-They can’t conduct electricity as they have 4 bond so no extra electron to carry charges
-Rigid lattice structure making it really hard
-Can use to strengthen cutting tool