Chapter 3 Flashcards
A water compound can have what?
Water molecules have a fixed ratio of hydrogen (2 atoms) to oxygen (1 atom)
What are chemical bonds?
Are the result of interactions between the charge particles ( electrons and protons) that are compose atoms
What are different types of chemical bonds?
Ionic bonds and covalent bonds
What are ionic bonds?
Oppositely charged ions are attracted to each other by electrostatic forces.
A metal loses an electron + a nonmetal gains an electron = ionic compound
What is a covalent bond?
When nonmetals bond with other nonmetals but don’t transfer electrons, instead they share some of their electrons
Covalent bonds form what kind of compound?
They form a molecular compound
What is an empirical formula?
Gives the relative number of atoms for each element in a compound
HO
What is a molecular formula?
Gives the actual number of atoms for each element in a molecule of a compound
H2O2
What is a structural formula?
Uses lines to represent bonds and shows how atoms are connected in a molecule
H / O \ O / H
What is an atomic element ?
Are those that exist in nature with single atoms in their basic units.
Most elements fall into this category
What is a molecular element?
Do not normally exist in nature with single atoms in their basic units. Instead these elements exist as molecules, with two or more atoms of the same element bonded together
Diatomic atoms fall in this category:
HOFBrINCl
What are molecular compounds?
Usually composed of two or more covalently bonded nonmetals
What are ionic compounds?
Are composed of cations(usually a metal) and anions (usually one or more nonmetals) bound together by ionic bonds
What is a formula unit?
The smallest electrically neutral collection of ions. The basic unit of an ionic compound
What does a common name for a compound mean?
May not convey unambiguous information about the composition of a compound
What does a systematic name for a compound mean?
He first system for chemical nomenclature
Summarize an ionic compound?
- ionic compounds contain cations(+) and anions(-)
- sum of cation charge = sum of anion charge
- formula is in the smallest-whole number ratio
How do you name an ionic compound?
- Name the cation
- Followed by the name of the anion
- Followed by the suffix -ide)
- Use Roman numerals to indicate the charge on the anion given by the cation
Ex: iron (|||) chloride
What is ammonium?
NH4+ polyatomic ion
What is acetate?
CH3CO2- polyatomic ion
What is carbonate?
CO3-2 polyatomic ion
What is hydrogen carbonate?
HCO3- polyatomic ion
What is hydroxide?
OH- polyatomic ion
What is nitrite?
NO2- polyatomic ion