Chemical Bonding Types Flashcards
Is this difficult to memorize the different types of bonding and their properties? Use these flashcards to master the fundamental concept of bonding
Define chemical bond.
The attractive force that holds two or more atoms together in a molecule or ion is known as chemical bond.
What is ionic bonding?
The bonding appeared by the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another is called ionic bonding.
A covalent bond formed by the atoms having _______ electronegativity is called _______ covalent bond.
different, polar
Footnote: A bond between H-Cl is polar covalent bond as the electronegativity value of hydrogen is 2.2 and that of cholrine is 3.16
How does bond length relate to bond strength?
Short bond lengths corresponds to stronger bonds, whereas, longer bond lengths tends to be weaker.
Footnote: In short bond lengths the atoms are in close vicinity allowing better overlap of orbitals. Conversely, in longer bond lengths the orbital overlap is decreased.
How a covalent bond is formed?
A covalent bond is formed by sharing of electrons between the two atoms.
