Chapter 6 Chemical Bonds Flashcards
Chemical Bond
A force of attraction of the nuclei of one atom for the valence electrons of another atom
Why do atoms want to chemically bond?
Lowers energy of separate atoms
What are the types of chemical bonding?
Ionic, covalent, and metallic
What is the composition for ionic bonds?
Non-metal + metal
What is the composition for covalent bonds?
Non-metal + non-metal
What is the composition for metallic bonds?
Metal + metal
What is electron behavior in ionic bonds?
Electro transfer from metal to non-metal
What is electron behavior in covalent bonds?
Sharing electrons between non-metals
What is it called when there is equal sharing in covalent bonds?
Nonpolar, covalent
What is it called when there is unequal sharing in covalent bonds?
Polar, covalent
What is electron behavior in metallic bonds?
Metal cations with delocated electrons
Metallic bonds electron behavior is called what?
“Sea of electrons”
Covalent bonds has a difference of what in electronegativity? What is its Covalent character and ionic character like?
Zero difference in electronegativity with high covalent character and low ionic character.
Polar covalent bonds covalent character and ionic character are like what? What is the difference in their electronegativity?
Medium covalent character and medium ionic character with a intermediate difference in electronegativity.
What is the difference of electronegativity in ionic bonds and what is its ionic and covalent character like?
Large difference in electronegativity with low covalent character and high ionic character
What are the two “results” possible when chemical compounds form?
Molecules and formula units
What is a molecule?
A group of neutral covalently bonded atoms. Smallest units of a covalent compound.
What is a formula unit?
The simplest (smallest) part of an ionic compound.
Bond energy
The energy required to break a chemical bond and form neutral isolated atoms
Bond length
The average distance between two bonded atoms
Diatomic molecules
some elements are found naturally in pairs
Ionic Compounds
- Crystalline solids (made of ions), ions have very strong forces of attraction for each other, forces extend throughout crystal structure
- High melting point
- Conduct electricity when melted and when dissolved in water (nonconductors as solids)
- Soluble in water but not in nonpolar liquids
- Brittle and hard solids
Covalent Compounds
- Gases, liquids, or solids (made of molecules)
- Low melting and boiling points
- Poor electrical conductors in all phases (Nonconductors when dissolved in water)
- Many are soluble in nonpolar liquids but not in water
- Atoms are held strongly to each other within molecules, but molecules do not have strong forces of attraction for each other
- Brittle and “soft” solids
Ionic Solids
- Ionic solids are solids composed of ionic particles (ions)
- These ions are held together in a regular array by ionic bonding
- Ionic bonding results from attractive interactions from oppositly charged ions
- In a typical ionic solid, positively charged ions are surrounded by negatively charged ions and vice-versa
- The alternating of the positive and negative ios continues in three dimensions
- The regular repeating pattern is analogous to the tiles on a floor or brick wall
- Called the crystal lattice