Chapter 3- Bonding And Chemical Interactions Flashcards
Metals lose electrons to become what?
Cations. Positive Ions
Nonmetals gain electrons to become what?
Anions
Negative ions
Metals gain/lose electrons to become cations?
Lose
Nonmetals gain/lose electrons to become an ions?
Gain
Ionic bond
Bond form between atoms that have significantly different electronegativities.
Electrons are not shared in an ionic bond.
For an ionic bond to form what must the value of the difference in electronegativity be?
Greater than 1.7
Ionic bonds generally form between what types of elements on the periodic table?
Between a metal and a nonmetal
What are characteristics of compounds with ionic bonds?
Very high melting and boiling points, dissolve readily in water, good conductors of electricity, form a crystal lattice.
Covalent bond
Form when two or more atoms of similar electronegativities interact.
Sharing of electrons.
Two types of covalent bonds nonpolar and polar covalent bonds.
Characteristics of compounds with covalent bonds.
Lower melting and boiling points. Poor conductors of electricity. Weak intermolecular interactions.
Bond order
The number of shared electron pairs between two atoms
Bond order of a single double and triple bonds.
Single bond has a bond order of one. Double bond has a bond order of two. Triple one has a bond order of three.
Bond length
Average distance between two nuclei of atoms in a bond.
As the number of shared electrons increases the atoms are pulled closer together… this decreases bond length. 
Bond energy
The energy required to break a bond by separating its components into their isolated gaseous atomic states.
The greater the number of pairs of electrons shared between the atomic nuclei the more energy required to break the bonds holding atoms together.
Polarity
When two atoms have a relative difference in electronegativity… causes one atom to have a more positive charge and the other item to have a more negative charge.
When two or more atoms have a relative difference in electronegativity creating a dipole which group causes one atom to have a more positive charge and the other item to have a more negative charge.
Nonpolar covalent bond
When atoms that have identical or nearly identical electronegativity share electron pairs resulting and equal distribution of electrons.
No separation of charge across the bond.
What are the seven common diatomic molecules that exhibit nonpolar covalent bonds?
H2, N2, O2, F2, CL2, BR2, I2
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H2, N2, O2, F2, CL2, BR2, I2
Anybody between atoms with a difference in electronegativity less than what is considered non-polar?
Difference in electronegativity less than 0.5
Polar covalent bond
Atoms that differ moderately in their electronegativities share electrons unevenly.
Between 0.5 and 1.7.
Not strong enough to be classified as an ionic bond