Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter Flashcards
what are ions
ions are charged particles
how do metals form ions and what ions do they make
they lose electrons from their outer shell to form positive ions
how do non metals form ions and what ions do they make
they gain electrons into their outer shell to form negative ions
what is ionic bonding and what happens
ionic bonding is the transfer of electrons from a metal and a non metal. The metal atom loses an electron to form a positively charged ion and the non metal gains these electrons to form a negatively charged ion.
how can you show how ionic compounds are formed
dot and cross diagrams
what structure do ionic compounds have
giant ionic lattice
what’s inside an ionic compound
the ions inside an ionic structure form a closely packed regular lattice arrangement and there are strong electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions in all directions in the lattice
properties of ionic compounds
high melting and boiling point because of the strong bonds between them
can only conduct electricity when molten or dissolved because the ions need to be free to move
what is covalent bonding
covalent bonding is the sharing of electrons between two non metals so that they can have a full outer shell
properties of simple molecular substances
very strong covalent bonds but have weak intermolecular forces
low melting and boiling points because of the weak intermolecular forces
do not conduct electricity
what is a polymer
are many monomers joined together
how are atoms in a polymer joined together
by strong covalent bonds
giant covalent structures properties (3)
strong covalent bonds
very high melting and boiling point
do not conduct electricity
what are allotropes
allotropes are different structural forms of the same element in the same physical state
diamond properties 4 things
made up of carbon atoms
each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds making them very hard
very high melting point because of the strong covalent bonds
does not conduct electricity as it has no free electrons
graphite properties (6)
made up of carbon atoms
each carbon make 3 covalent bonds
graphite is in sheets
theyre soft due to the layers being able to slide over each other
conducts electricity due to the spare electron
high melting point
graphene 3 things
is a single sheet of carbon atoms
very strong because of its network of covalent bonds but very light which makes it useful
contains delocalised electrons which makes it able to conduct electricity
what are fullerenes
fullerenes are molecules of carbon
uses of fullerenes 3 things
can be used to cage other molecules this can be used to deliver drugs
can be used as a catalysts because of its huge surface area
good lubricants
metallic bonding
metals are made up of positive atoms in a sea of delocalised electrons
properties of compounds with metallic bonds (4)
strong electrostatic forces
high melting and boiling point
good conductors of heat and electricity
the metals are malleable
why are alloys more useful than pure metals
alloys are much harder than pure metals as they are a mixture between two or more metals or a metal and another element
pure metals are too soft
why are alloys harder that pure metals
when another metal is mixed with a pure metal to make an alloy the new metal atoms will distort the layers of metal atoms making it more difficult for them to slide over each other. This makes alloys harder than pure metals.
Why is iron described as an element?
because iron is made up of only one type of atom