Structure And Bonding Flashcards
What’s ionic bonding
Metal and non metal
What’s room temp
25 C
What’s covalent bonding
Non metal and non metal
Pair of electrons shared
Strong bonds
What’s metal made of
Positive atoms or ions around sea of delocalised electrons
Why can metal conduct electricity
Electrons are free to move
giant structure close packed
made up of atoms
with delocalized and free electrons
so electrons can move / flow through the metal
Difference of alloy and pure metal
Alloy- has electrons and ions but has another metal or non metal
Describe a pure metal
Has layers
= can slide across each other
= soft
Describe an alloy
Has distorted layers
= can’t slide
= hard
Describe ionic compounds structure
Giant ionic lattice
high melting point
= high boiling point
= only conduct when molten or dissolved
( ions need to be free to move )
Describe simple covalent compounds structure eg water, oxygen
Covalent bonding
= low melting points
= low boiling points
= don’t conduct electricity
Describe giant covalent compounds structure eg graphite, diamond
Giant covalent structure
= high melting points
= high boiling points
= don’t conduct electricity
= don’t dissolve
Describe diamond structure
Made of carbon
= create giant covalent lattice
Each carbon makes 4 bonds
- hard
Describe graphite structure
Made of carbon
= giant covalent
Each carbon bonds 3 times
- soft
- conducts electricity
Compare graphite and diamond
- both made of pure carbon
- graphite is made of 3 bonds
- diamond is made of 4 bonds
- graphite is soft
- diamond is hard
Compare carbon nanotubes and buckminster fullerene
- Both made of pure carbon
- Both hard
- Both have 3 carbon bonds
- buck used for lubricant
- both used for drug delivery
Describe nanotechnology
Very small
= increasing surface area
= different properties
= used for medicine drug delivery
Why can metals bend
Made of layers
= atoms can slide over each other
Why is graphite soft
Contains layers that’s slide over each other
= between layers there are only weak forces
Why is diamond hard
Each atoms forms 4 covalent bonds
= covalent bonds are very strong
Why does graphite conduct electricity
Has delocalised electrons which move through whole structure and carry the charge
Why can sodium chloride solution conduct electricity
there are ions in sodium chloride
which can move or carry the current / charge
Disadvantage of copper
copper metal is in demand
copper is expensive
Why is an alloy harder than pure metal
Atoms have different sizes
Have distorted layers
= harder for layers to slide
= elements can’t move through structure
Copper can be extracted from solutions of copper salts by adding iron
Iron more reactive
= copper is displaced