C3 Structure And Bonding Flashcards
Process of melting
As solid is heated particles gain energy and vibrate more
As temperature increases when it reaches melting point there’s enough energy to break free from their positions
This is called melting when solid becomes liquid
Process of freezing
Liquid turns to a solid as a result of lowered energy in particles
Result of colling to point where liquid solidifies
Process of boiling
When liquid heated particles gain more energy
Energy makes particles move faster which weakens and breaks the bonds holding liquid together
When it reaches the boiling point the particles have enough energy to break their bonds
Process of condensing
As gas cools particles no longer have enough energy to overcome the forces of attraction between them
Bonds form between the particles
At boiling point so many bonds have formed between the gas particles the gas becomes liquid
How do particles act at melting point
Particles start to move about staying close to other particles
Then move freely
How do particles behave at its boiling point
Particles gain energy to overcome bonding forces
They become free, fast moving, individual particles in a gas
Solid to liquid
Melting
Liquid to solid
Freezing
Liquid to gas
Evaporating
Gas to liquid
Condensing
Solid to gas
Sublimation
Gas to solid
Deposition
Why substances have different melting and boiling points from each other
The stronger the forces between particles, the higher its melting and boiling points
The factors that affect rate of evaportaion
Temperature
Surface area
Wind speed
Humidity
The particles involved in ionic bonding
Cation
Anion
When is ionic bonding formed
When a metal loses an electron or gains electrons
Cation
Anion
Cation - a metal which loses electrons
Anion - a non-metal gains electrons
How electron transfer allows ionic bonding to occur in the compound formed when a Group metal reacts with a Group 7 non-metal
Metals lose electrons to become positively charged ions
non‐metals gain electrons to become negatively charged ions
What do opposite charges do
Attract
With an example, how a Group 7 non-metal atom becomes a negative ion
-
Fluorine will gain an electron forming F
Suggest the charge on unfamiliar ions using the position of the element in the periodic table
Elements on left metals form positive ions
Those on the right non-metals form negative ions
Charges of ions of Groups 1-7
Group 1 = 1+
Group 2 = 2+
Group 3 = 3+
Group 4 = 4-
Group 5 = 3-
Group 6 = 2-
Group 7 = 1-
How unfamiliar elements become ions
Atoms lose electrons to form positively charged ions
Ratio of metal and non- metal ions in compounds
2:1
Ionic lattice
Regular repeating arrangement of ions
Properties of ionic compounds
High melting points
Can conduct electricity when molten or dissolved in water
Why ionic compounds have a high melting point
Large amounts of energy needed to break the many strong bonds
Ionic bond
Forms between metal and non-metal
Covalent
Non-metals
The movement of ions in solutions or when molten
Free to move
How a covalent bond forms in terms of electronic structure
When pairs of electrons are shared by atoms
How double and triple covalent bonds can be formed
If 2 pairs of electrons are shared forms double bond
If 3 pairs of electrons are shared forms triple bond
Examples of covalent bonds
H2O
CO2
NH3
Examples of ionic bonds
Sodium chloride
Sodium bromide
Sodium iodide
Metallic bond examples
Na
Al
Mg
How the properties of a double bond could be different to the properties of a single covalent bond
Double bonds are stronger than single covalent bonds
Properties of small molecules
Low melting and boiling points
Don’t conduct electricity
Phyiscal properties of covalent bonds
Low boiling/melting points
Soft
Don’t possess electrical conductivity
Why small molecules and polymers do not conduct electricity
Small molecules have no overall electric charge
Intermolecular force
Forces of attraction between particles
How to identify substances that would have weak intermolecular forces
If it has low boiling point
Physical properties of graphite
High melting and boiling points
Good conductors of heat and electricity
Soft
Phycial properties of diamond
Hard
Giant covalent structure
High melting and boiling points
Bad conductor of electricity
Good conductor of heat
Properties of giant covalent structures
High melting points
Do not conduct electricity as no overall charge
A use for graphite based on its properties
Used as a lubricant for fast-moving parts of machinery
Structure of graphite
Giant covalent structure
Each carbon atom forms 3 covalent bonds creating sheets of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons
Carbon atoms form layers with hexagonal arrangement of atoms with weak forces
There aren’t any covalent bonds between the layers
Only 3 out of carbon’s 4 outer electrons are used in bonds so each carbon atom has 1 delocalised electron
Use for diamond
Embedded into saw blades
Relationship between graphite and graphene
Graphite is made up of hundreds of thousands of layers of graphene
Structure of a fullerene
Hexagonal rings of carbon atoms joined by covalent bonds but can also contain pentagons or heptagons
Uses of fullerenes
Drug delivery in the body
Sports equipment (tennis racket)
Antioxidant
Main physical properties of fullerenes
Good conductors of heat and electricity
Very strong
Highly ductile
Molecular formula of buckminsterfullerene
C60
Use of graphene
Construction
Health
Electronics sector
Use of nanotubes
Used in electronics
Strengthen materials without adding much weight
Used in space and aircraft to reduce the weight and stress of the various components working together
Nanotube
Tiny carbon cylinders