CHEMICAL BONDING Flashcards
(34 cards)
Which property of Teflon leads to its use in many laboratory settings?
* High melting point
* Nonstick ability
* Resistance to corrosion
- Resistance to corrosion
Ability of materials to interact with natural biological materials without triggering an immune response
Biocompatibility
Nature of electrical charges on surfaces that require biocompatible coatings
Polarity
compounds form between metals and nonmetals
Binary ionic compounds
Energy released when isolated atoms form a covalent bond
Bond energy
Distance between the nuclei of the bonded atoms
Bond length
An atom will form covalent bonds to achieve a complement of eight valence electrons
Octet rule
The valence shell electronic configuration is ________ for a total of eight electrons
ns^2 np^6
keep track of valence electrons, especially for compounds of main group elements, allowing prediction of bonding in molecule
Lewis dot symbols
show how electrons are shared in a molecule
Lewis structures
A pair of shared electrons between two atoms is a
bonding pair
Pairs of electrons associated with one atom are
nonbonding or lone pair electrons
an exception to the octet rule as it shares only two electrons
Hydrogen
results when two bonding pairs are shared
double bond
results when three bonding pairs are shared
triple bond
is the attraction of an atom for the shared electrons in a
covalent bond
Electronegativity
are used to describe compounds whose bonding falls in the middle of this continuum
Electronegativity and bond polarity
are assigned based on factors such as atomic size, electron affinity, and ionization energy
Electronegativities
Electronegativities increase from __________ across a period and from bottom to top for a group
left to right
is not shared equally when elements with different electronegativities bond
Electron density
The two points of positive and negative charge constitute a
dipole
The bond has an electric field associated with it and is known as a
polar bond
Also referred to as a polar covalent bond since electrons are still being shared
Bond Polarity
can be drawn when the choice of multiple bond location is arbitrary
Resonance structures