Bond energy and bond length Flashcards
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what is a lone pair
paired valence electrons that do not become involved in the chemical bonding between two atoms.
what is a bonding pair
a pair of electrons that are formed when a chemical bond is formed.
what is a bond length
the distance between the nuclei of two atoms when they bond.
what is the bond energy
the amount of energy that must be added to a system to break the bond that has formed or, the energy that is released when a bond is formed.
what is the bond strength
how strongly one atom attracts and is held to another atom.
what is potential energy
how strongly one atom attracts and is held to another atom.
how do we know if there is a strong bond
The more energy released in forming a bond means that there is astronger bond
what determines the bond strength
Bond strengthdepends on thelength of the bond, thesize of the atoms,and thenumber of bondsbetween the two atoms.