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Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding
Ch. 8 in a college chem book
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Chemistry
11th Grade
04/04/2010

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chemical bonds
Definition
forces that strongly attach atoms or ions
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ionic bond
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electrostatic forces that exist between ions of opposite charge . may be formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another
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covalent bond
Definition
results from the sharing of electrons between 2 atoms. usually b/w 2 nonmetallic elements
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metallic bond
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found in metals like copper, iron, and aluminum. each atom is bonded to several neighboring atoms. the bonding electrons are free to move throughout the 3D structure of the metal
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Lewis Symbol
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consists of the chemical symbol for the element plus a dot for each valence electron
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octet rule
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atoms try to get 8 valence electrons
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lattice energy
Definition
energy require to completely separate a mole of a solid ionic compound into its gaseous ions
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Born-Haber cycle
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useful thermochemical cycle in which we use Hess' Law to calculate the lattice energy as the sum of several steps in formation of an ionic compound
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isoelectronic series
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ions possess the same number of electron
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Lewis structures
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show electron pair shared b/w atoms as a line, and unshared electron pairs as dots
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bond polarity
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useful in describing the sharing of electrons b/w atoms
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electronegativity
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numerical measure of the ability of an atom, i a molecule, to compete with other atoms for the electrons shared between them
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dipole
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what is produced when 2 electrical charges of equal magnitude but opposite sis are seperated by a distance
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dipole moment
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quantitative measure of the magnitude of a dipole measured in debyes (D)
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formal charge
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charge an atom in a molecule would have if all atoms had the same elctronegativity
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resonance structures
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equivalent Lewis structures
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bond enthalpy
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enthalpy change for the breaking of a particular bond in a mole of a gaseous substance
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bond length
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distance b/w the nuclei of the atoms involved in a bond
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