Unit 4-Bonding Flashcards
Atoms ________ their potential energy by bonding.
decrease
forming bonds fills their outer shell, making them more stable.
Types of intramolecular bonding
Ionic: electrons are transferred between atoms
Covalent: electrons are shared between atoms
Metallic: “sea” of electrons around atoms
bond between metal+metal
metallic
bond between nonmetal+nonmetal
covalent
bond between metal+non metal
ionic
Rank types of bonds strongest to weakest
covalent
ionic
metallic
intermolecular
metallic bonding
the attraction between free floating electrons and positivly charged nuclei of metal atoms
Ionic bonding
chemical bonding that results from electrical attraction between large numbers of cations and anions
Ionic bonding occurs when the difference in electronegativity between two elements is
greater than 1.7
Ionic compounds
composed of positive and negative ions that are combined so that the number of positive and negative charges are equal (overall neutral).
binary compound
composed of 2 different elements
molecule
neutral group of atoms held together by covalent bonds.
Polar
unequal distribution of charge in a covalently bonded molecule
to be polar the difference in electronegativity between the two atoms need to be
between >.5 and <1.7
Bond length
the distance between two bonded atoms at their minimum potential energy