Chem 7.3 Intermolecular Forces determine melting and boiling points and 7.4 Hybridization Flashcards
Polar molecules have ___________ in intermolecular forces since these molecules have _________________ ends.
Strong
Oppositely charged
Which are harder to pull apart (higher boiling point) polar molecules or nonpolar molecules
Polar because they have a stronger attraction
Nonpolar molecules have __________ intermolecular forces since these molecules do not have __________________ ends.
Weak
Oppositely charged
Within an atom, ____________ can mix to create ____________ orbitals
Atomic orbitals
Hybrid orbitals
When an atom moves an electron to another lower energy orbitals what’s this called
Electron promotion
After an atom promotes one of its 2s electrons to an empty 2p orbital, the orbitals ______ to create
Mix to create a hybrid orbital
An atom can ________ its 2s and 2p orbitals to create ________________ designated ______ of ________ energy. Now the atom can form _____ bonds.
Hybridizes 2 hybrid orbitals Sp Same 2