The transfer of valence electrons between a metal and a non-metal
What is ionic bonding?
The sharing of valence electrons between a non-metal and a non-metal
What is covalent bonding?
The attraction between a metal cation and the shared electrons that surround it
What is metallic bonding?
K + Br
What is KBr, Potassium Bromide
Determine the type of bond between Ca and Br
What is ionic bond?
A negatively or positively charged atom
What is an ion?
Molecules composed of only two identical atoms
What is diatomic molecules?
A mixture of two or more elements, at least one is a metal
What is an alloy?
Li + SO4
What is Li2SO4, Lithium Sulfate
Positively or negatively charged covalently bonded group of atoms
Positively charged metals that lose electrons
What is cation?
A bond that contains 6 electrons
What is a triple bond?
Metal ions are held together by
What is a pool/sea of electrons?
Iron (II) + Oxygen
What is FeO, Iron (II) Oxide
In the structural formula for P2F2 how many bonds does it form?
What is 2 single bonds, and 1 double bond
A compound made from only two elements
What is binary ionic compounds?
When forming compounds, every atom (except for Hydrogen) should end up with 8 electrons in its valence shell
What is the octet rule?
Combination of iron and carbon
What is steel?
P2I4
What is Diphosphorus Tetraiodide
A pattern in which a crystal is arranged
What is a crystal lattice?
Properties of Ionic Bonds
What is solid at room temperature, high melting and boiling points, hard and brittle
Unequal sharing of electrons
What is a polar covalent bond?
Properties of metallic bonds
What is ductile, malleable, conducts an electric current and heat
Tetraphosphorus Heptasulfide
What is P4S7?
In the compound CaF2, the subscript 2 indicates
What is 2 fluorine ions