Chemical Bonding
When atoms are independent and not bonded, they have this level of potential energy.
What is high potential energy?
This type of bond involves sharing electrons equally between atoms.
What is nonpolar covalent bonding?
Lewis structures show these as dots around the element symbol
What are valence electrons?
Molecules with two bonded atoms and no lone pairs are linear
What is linear?
These forces occur between molecules and affect boiling points
What are intermolecular forces?
Nature wants things to have this type of potential energy.
What is low potential energy?
This type of bond involves sharing electrons unequally between atoms.
What is polar covalent bonding?
The rule that atoms try to have eight electrons in their outer shell is called this.
What's the octect rule?
This shape occurs with three bonded atoms and no lone pairs on atom
trigonal planar?
This is the weakest type of intermolecular force.
What are London dispersion forces?
A boulder on the edge of a cliff tends to do thi which causes a decrease in potential energy and an increase in stability.
What is fall?
The bond between a metal and a nonmetal is usually this type.
What is ionic bonding?
A pair of electrons shared between two atoms is called this.
whats a bonding pair?
This model is used, in chemistry, to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms.
What is VSEPR theory?
This type of force occurs between polar molecules.
What is dipole to dipole attraction?
Elements form bonds to lower this.
What is potential energy?
This is the smallest unit of a covalent compound that still keeps all its properties.
What is a molecule?
The elctrons that dont participate in bonding
What are lone pairs
Between the sets of valence-level electrons surrounding an atom causes these sets to be oriented as far apart as possible
What is to be as far apart as possible?
This force between hydrogen and F, O, or N
What is hydrogen bonding?
This type of bond involves a transfer of electrons from one atom to another.
What's ionic bonding?
the diffrence between atoms is determined by this.
What is electonegativity
When we go over the valence electron total
We must add more bonds?
The steps to determine molecular geometry begin with this.
What is drawing the Lewis structure?
Molecules with stronger forces have this property compared to those that are weaker.
What is a higher boiling point?