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electronegativity
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Attraction for an additional electrons causing the atoms to combine
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Ionic characteristics
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transfer electrons
electronegativity is greater than 1.67 conducts electricity soluble in water high melting point compound always polar |
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Covalent characteristics
(6 things) |
share electrons
electronegativity is less than 1.67 nonconductors insoluble low melting point molecule |
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What happens to ionic electrons
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Transferred
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What happens to covalent electrons
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Shared
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What happens to metallic electrons
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Delocalized
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What has both ionic and covalent characteristics
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Polyatomics
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Atoms with higher electronegativities are
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Negative
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Atoms with lower electronegativities are
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Positive
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If atoms are equal in electronegativity...
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it is a nonpolar molecule
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linear molecule
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If the central atom has 2 electrons in the outer most level
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Bond angle of a linear molecule
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180
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trigonal planar
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If the central atom has 3 electrons in the outer most level
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Bond angle of a trigonal planer
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120
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tetrahedral
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If the central atoms has 4 electrons in the outer most level
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Bond angle of a tetrahedral
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109.5
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Modified tetrahedral
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If the central atoms has five or six electrons in the outer most level
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Bond angle of a modified tetrahedral
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Less than 109.5
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central atom
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The element in the molecular formula that has the lowest electronegativity
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A polar molecule is also known as...
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dipole
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A molecule is polar when...
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You are able to separate positive and negative charges with a straight line
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van der Waals inter molecular forces
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The attraction between two separate molecules
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dipole dipole
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The attraction between 2 polar molecules
Strongest |
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dipole induced dipole
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The attraction between a polar molecule and a nonpolar molecule that is forced to be polar
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dispersion
(London forces) (3 things) |
Between 2 nonpolar
Temporary Most common |
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All acids are...
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Polar
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Weakest electron pair repulsion
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shared-shared
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Medium electron pair repulsion
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shared-unshared
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Strongest electron pair repulsion
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unshared-unshared
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A sigma bond is...
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First bond
s-s overlap s-p overlap p-p tip to tip s-hybrid p-hybrid |
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A pi bond is...
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Second or third bond
p-p parallel overlap |
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What forms hybrid bonds?
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Carbon
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How are hybrid bonds formed?
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Carbon blends or merges orbitals sp3 sp2 or sp
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ane
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sp3
single bonds saturated |
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ene
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sp2
double bond unsaturated |
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yne
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sp
triple bond unsatrated |
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chemical bond
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When electron clouds overlap
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What is an ionic bond
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Electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions
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What are the two steps to making an ionic bond happen
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1. Electrons are transferred
2. Electrostatic forces pull ions together |
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Does energy need to be added or taken away in order to remove an electron from an atom
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Added
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Is energy absorbed or released when a chemical bond is made
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Released
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valence electrons
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Outermost electrons
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