Strcuture and Bonding Flashcards
Whtat are the three strong chemical bonds?
Ionic, covalent and metallic
For ionic bonding the particles are …
Oppositely charged ions
For covalent bonding the particles are …
Atoms which share pairs of electrons
For metallic bonding the particles are …
Atoms which share delocalised electrons
Ionic bonding occurs in compounds formed from …
Metals combined with non-metals
Covalent bonding occurs in …
Most non-metallic elements and compounds of non-metals
Metallic bonding occurs in …
Metallic elements and alloys
The diagram for ionic bonding is …
Dot and Cross Diagram
Ionic bonding is the ——– of electrons
Transfer
Covalent bonding is the ——- of pairs of electrons
Sharing
Metal atoms —- electrons to become ———- charged ions
Lose
Positively
Non-metal atoms —- electrons to become ———- charged ions
Gain
Negatively
Which groups of metals undergo ionic bonding to achieve a full outer shell?
Groups 1 and 2
Groups 6 and 7
What is an ionic compound?
A giant structure of ions
How are ionic compounds held together?
Strong electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions
Which ionic compound’s strcuture does this describe?
“Each sodium ion is surrounded by six chloride ions, and each chloride ion is surrounded by six sodium ions”
Sodium chloride
Ionic compounds form a ——- structure
Giant ionic lattice
Make this molecular formula an empirical formula
“C2H4”
CH2
Covalently bonded substances have —– bonds
Strong
Covalently bonded substances may consist of —– molecules
Small
Polymers have very —– molecules
Large
Diamond and Silicon Dioxide are …
Giant covalent molecules
Diamond is formed from the element ——
Carbon
In diamond, each carbon atom is covalently bonded to - other carbon atoms
4
What are the properties of diamond?
Doesn’t conduct electricity
Very high melting point
Very hard
Why can’t diamond conduct electricity?
It has no free electrons to carry a charge because all outer electrons are in covalent bonds