When atoms get together package Flashcards
What are compounds?
Atoms being held together by chemical bonds.
What’s a duet rule?
Only for elements H or HE because they only use one shell which is 2 electrons max.
Ionic bonds mostly occur between what?
Metals and non metals (opposite sides of the staircase)
What are ionic bonds?
They’re not forever bonded/they’re the result of electrostatic charges attracting each other as electrons are swapped.
Why are ionic bonds not forever bonds? What would they be good for?
Because they dissociate in water and they’d be for electrolytes.
What are covalent bonds?
They get their octet rule by sharing their valence electrons and they need each other.
Where do covalent bonds form?
On the same side of the staircase.
How do the strengths of convalent bonds vary?
Single bond, double bond and triple bond.
