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Electrostatic forces

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Force between the oppositely charged particles
which causes covalent and ionic bonds to be strong.

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Intermolecular forces

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Force between each simple covalent molecule. When broken, doesn’t break the bonds but causes a change in state.

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Ionic compounds - what melting + boiling points and why?

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High
Because the oppositely charged ions are held together by strong electrostatic forces
It takes a lot of energy to break these forces between ions
So it has a high melting point so solid at room temperature

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Ionic compounds - do they conduct electricity and why?

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Only when dissolved in water or molten
Because it has a giant ionic lattice structure
When it is solid the ions are in a fixed place and cannot move
Therefore they cannot carry a charge
When melted or dissolved the ions are free to move
So they can therefore carry a charge

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Why are covalent bonds strong?

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Both the nucleus in each atoms (positive) is strongly attracted to the shared electrons in the outer shell (negative).
So electrostatic attraction

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Simple molecules - what melting and boiling points and why?

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Low
Because it has weak intermolecular forces
Little energy is needed to overcome these weak forces
So it has a low boiling point and is a gas at room temperature

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Simple molecules - do they conduct electricity and why?

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No
It has no delocalised electrons or ions
So has no particles to carry a charge

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What is a giant covalent structure?

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Millions of atoms joined together by covalent bonds that are arranged in a lattice shape.

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Do giant covalent structures have high or low boiling/melting points? Why?

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Very high
Because it has a giant covalent structure
With millions of covalent bonds between the many atoms
So a lot of energy is needed to overcome their strong covalent bonds
So has high melting/boiling point and a solid at room temperature

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Metallic bonding

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Bonding in metal elements due to sea of delocalised electrons moving
And the electrostatic attraction between the electrons and positive metal ions

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Do metal bonds conduct electricity?

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Yes
They have a giant metallic lattice structure
So has delocalised electrons
That can move through a structure carrying a charge

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Do metal bonds have high or low melting/boiling points?

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High
Have a giant metallic lattice structure
The positive metal ions are held together by delocalised electrons
This strong electrostatic attraction takes a lot of energy to overcome and pull the ions apart
So have a high melting point

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Are metal bonds soft?

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Yes, because the metal atoms are arranged in layers so when a force is applied they slide over each other

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Alloy

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Mixture of 2 or more elements, where at least one is a metal. Usually 2 metals in order to increase hardness of pure metals.

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Why are alloys harder than pure metals?

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Many different sized atoms due to multiple elements so greater force needed to make layers slide over each other
The layers are DISTORTED

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What bonding forms giant structures?

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All 3: giant ionic lattices, giant covalent structures and giant metallic structures

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Polymer

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A large molecule made up of many small units (monomers)

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Are the bonds between atoms in a polymer weak or strong?

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Strong because it’s joined by covalent bonds which are strong

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What holds ionic compounds together?

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Electrostatic forces

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How can metals and graphite conduct electricity?

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Because they both have delocalised electrons that can conduct heat

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Fullerene

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Molecules of carbon atoms with hollow shapes
Normally made out of hexagonal rings

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Are ionic compounds molecules?

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No because a molecules is 2 or more atoms held together by COVALENT bonds

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What forms graphite?

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Carbon atom covalently bonded to 3 other carbon atoms
In hexagonal rings
Then large rings are in layers with no bonds between

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Properties of graphite

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High melting and boiling point
Soft and slippery
Good conductor of heat and elec

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Why does graphite have high melting and boiling points?

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It takes a lot of energy to break covalent bonds

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Why is graphite slippery?

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The hexagonal rings the carbon atoms are in are in layers
No covalent bonds between the layers = they can slide
Therefore it’s slippery

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Why is graphite good conductor of heat and elec?

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Because the C atoms form 3 other singular covalent bonds
So has a spare electron that isn’t shared as carbon has 4 electrons in outer shell therefore there is one free electron
Which is released in the outer shell
To be delocalised and move between layers and conduct electricity

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What makes up diamond?

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4 carbon atoms covalently bonded with 4 other carbons
Millions of these

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Properties of diamond

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High melting and boiling point
Cannot conduct electricity

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Why does diamond have high melting and boiling points?

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Because it contains millions of carbon atoms covalently bonded
To melt requires breaking these millions of bonds
Which require a lot of energy

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Why does diamond not conduct electricity?

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It has no free electrons to carry electrical charge

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What makes up silicon dioxide?

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Silicon atom bonded covalently with 4 oxygen atoms
Millions of these

33
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Properties of silicon dioxide

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Very high melting and boiling point

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Why does silicon dioxide have high melting and boiling point?

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Because it contains many covalent bonds that require a lot of energy to break

35
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What makes up graphene?

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Single layer of graphite
Aka a layer of hexagonal rings of carbon atoms covalently bonded to 3 other carbon atoms

36
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Properties of graphene

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Only 1 atom thick
Good conductor of elec
Extremely strong

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Why is graphene a good conductor of elec?

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Because it is a giant covalent structure
Each carbon atom forms 3 bonds
This means there is 1 delocalised electron per carbon atom
These delocalised electrons can move through the structure carrying a charge

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Why is graphene strong?

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Not in layers so can’t Slide Over each other

39
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Fullerenes

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Molecules of carbon atoms with hollow shapes

40
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Buckminsterfullerene

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Contains 60 carbon atoms in hollow sphere
Can have a ring of 5 carbon atoms or 6 carbon atoms
Each bonded 3 times

41
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Fullerenes use

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Delivery drugs into the body
Lubricants to reduce friction
Catalysts

42
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Carbon nanotubes

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Carbon rings forming a long hollow cylinder

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Carbon nanotubes properties

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Have high tensile strength
Conduct electricity and heat

44
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Carbon nanotubes uses

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Reinforce materials

45
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Polymer vs monomer

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The monomer has a double carbon to carbon covalent bond
Whereas the polymer has singular carbon to carbon bonds

46
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Repeating unit

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Short hand way of writing a polymer
Has brackets around one section of the polymer (with its single carbon to carbon bond) and an n outside it
The bonds extend outside the bracket

47
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Why are polymers solid at room temperature?

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Because the intermolecular forces of attraction between polymer molecules are quite strong
Since they are arranged in layers
It takes a lot of energy to break these many forces

48
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Micrometer

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1x10⁻⁶ of a Metre

49
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Nanometre

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1x10⁻⁹ of a metre

50
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Coarse particles

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Dust
Have a diameter of between 2500 to 10000 nanometres
Contain thousands of atoms

51
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Coarse particles name

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PM ₁₀

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Fine particles name

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PM2.5

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Fine particles size

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100 to 2500 nanometres
Contain several thousand atoms

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Nano particles

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Diameter between 1-100 nanometre
Only contain a few hundred atoms

55
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Relationship between particles size and surface area:volume ratio

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As it decreases by 10 times
The surface area to volume ratio increases 10 times
Aka the difference gets bigger between surface area and volume increases by x10

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Nano particles surface area to volume ratio

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Huge because they are the smallest
So have a very large surface area compared to its volume
So we don’t need many of them when using it

57
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Uses of nano particles

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Medicine
Suncream
Cosmetics
Deodorant
Electronics
Catalysts

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Risks of nano particles

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Can be absorbed and enter our cells

59
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Dot and cross diagram

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Using dots and crosses to represent the electrons in different atoms when bonding

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Advantage of dot and cross diagrams

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Clear which electrons belong to which atom and where they are coming from

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Stick diagram

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Using one line to represent a covalent bond

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Stick diagram disadvantage

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Don’t tell us which electron came from where/which atom
Don’t tell us about outer electrons not in a bond
Don’t tell us shape of molecule

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3d stick diagram

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Uses dotted lines and thicker lines to show which bonds are closer and what direction

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3d stick diagram advantages

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Shows shape of molecule

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Ball and stick diagram

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Used for giant structures
Where balls are ions and the sticks are bonds

66
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Advantage of ball and stick diagram

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Shows ions clearly in 3 dimensions

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Ball and stick diagram disadvantage

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Shows ions as widely spaced but in reality they are packed closely together
Only shows a tiny part so give inaccurate sizing

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Space filling diagram

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Where the ions are shown as large balls in 3D with no sticks

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Advantage of space filling diagrams

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Shows how closely ions are packed together

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Disadvantage of space filling diagram

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Difficult to see how they’re 3D
Only shows a tiny part of the lattice = inaccurate sizing

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Disadvantage of a dot and cross diagram

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Don’t tell us the shape of molecule

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