Definition T3 Flashcards
1
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Ionic bonding
A
Electrostatic attraction between 2 oppositely charged ions
2
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Covalent bonding
A
Electrostatic attraction between nucleus and the shared electrons
3
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Metallic bonding
A
Electrostatic attraction between cation and the sea of delocalised electrons
4
Q
Sigma bond
A
Formed by head-on overlapping of two atomic orbitals
5
Q
Pie bond
A
Formed by sideway overlapping of 2 p orbitals
6
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Hybridisation
A
Mixing of 2 or more atomic orbitals to produce a set of equivalence hybrid orbitals with identical shape and energy.
7
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Electronegativity
A
Ability of an atom to pull a shared pair of electrons towards itself
8
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Bond Energy
A
The energy required to break one mole of a particular covalent bond in the gaseous state.
