Definitions Flashcards
Ionic Bonding
Electrostatic attraction between positively and negatively charged ion.
Covalent Bonding
Electrostatic attraction between shared pair of electrons and bonding nuclei.
Metallic Bonding
Electrostatic attraction between positive metal ions and sea of delocalised electrons
Electronegativity
The tendency of an atom to attract to a pair of electrons in a covalent bond.
Enthalpy
H
A measure of the heat energy in a chemical system (atoms, molecules or ions)
Enthalpy Change
^H = H(products) - H(reactants)
Activation Energy
The minimum energy required for a reaction to take place.
Average Bond Enthalpy
The energy required to break one mole of a specific type of bond in a gaseous molecule.
Ionisation Energy
The energy required to remove one electron from each atom in one mole of gaseous atoms of an element to form one mole of gaseous +1 ions.
Second Ionisation Energy
Energy required to remove one electron from each atom in one mole of gaseous +1 ions of an element to form one mole of gaseous +2 ions.
Homogeneous Catalyst
Hetrogeneous Catalyst
The same physical state as reactants
Other physical states as reactants
Brownsted Lowry Acid
Proton donor
Browbstead Lowry Bad
Proton Acceptor
Buffer Solution
a system that minimises pH changes when small amounts of an acid or base are added. They contain a weak acid and its conjugate base.
Lattice Enthalpy
The enthalpy change that accompanies the formation of one mole of a ionic compound. Forms gaseous ions under standard conditions.