When atoms get together package Flashcards

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What are compounds?

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Atoms being held together by chemical bonds.

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What’s a duet rule?

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Only for elements H or HE because they only use one shell which is 2 electrons max.

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Ionic bonds mostly occur between what?

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Metals and non metals (opposite sides of the staircase)

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What are ionic bonds?

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They’re not forever bonded/they’re the result of electrostatic charges attracting each other as electrons are swapped.

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Why are ionic bonds not forever bonds? What would they be good for?

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Because they dissociate in water and they’d be for electrolytes.

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What are covalent bonds?

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They get their octet rule by sharing their valence electrons and they need each other.

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Where do covalent bonds form?

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On the same side of the staircase.

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How do the strengths of convalent bonds vary?

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Single bond, double bond and triple bond.

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