Aluminum chloride is an ionic compound with the chemical formula AlCl3 What does the 3 tell you?
What is valence or ionic charge for the aluminum ion
What is the chemical formula for mercury (II) oxide?
HgO
In what state of matter do ions conduct electricity?
What is liquid The ions in soild cyrstals are tightly packed in their crystal lattice and cannot move. If the ions cannot move there is no current.
What type of elements are involved in covalent bonding?
What are non-metals
What do you call the pair of electrons on an atom that is not involved in the bonding?
lone pair
What type of ion is formed when an atom loses an electron?
What is positive ion / cation
What is the chemical name of CuF2
What is Copper (II) Fluoride
What is covalent bond
What type of bond is created when 3 pairs of electrons are shared between 2 atoms?
What is a triple bond
Define ionic bond.
Transfer of electrons between a metal and non-metals forming opposite charges ions.
or It is the electrostatic attraction of oppositely charged ions
Name this compound Na2CO3
What is Sodium Carbonate
What is covalent bond
What is a covalent bond in which electrons are equally shared
What is a nonpolar bond
What is Iron (II) sulphate
What do you call ion composed of two or more atoms?
i.e. OH-1 or PO4-3
What is a polyatomic ions
Silicon tetrachloride
What type of bonding, covalent of ionic are stronger?
Ionic
What do you call two of the same element bonded together?
What is diatomic molecule
What type of bond is created when the calculated difference in electronegativity is greater than or equal to 1.8?
What is an ionic bond
If oxygen has 8 protons, 8 neutrons and 10 electrons, what is its ionic charge?
It is negative 2
If the calculated difference in electronegativity is less than or equal to 0.4, then the specific type of covalent bond is....
What is non-polar covalent
A covalent bond in which electrons are shared unequally is called
What is Polar