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What are Ionic Bonds?
Bonds between a metal and a non-metal
What do Ionic Bonds do?
They transfer electrons from the metal to the non-metal.
What are some characteristics of Ionic Compounds?
High melting point, high boiling points, conductivity when dissolved in water, and form crystal lattices
What are Metallic bonds?
Bonds formed between metal atoms
What is a characteristic of electrons in Metallic Bonds?
They are freely flowing around multiple atomic nuclei
What are covalent bonds?
Bonds formed between two non-metals
What do covalent bonds do?
They share electrons between two non-metals
What is electronegativity?
An atom’s ability to attract electrons in a bond
What are the three types of covalent bonds?
Nonpolar, polar, and ionic
What are non polar covalent bonds
Covalent bonds in which the electrons are shared equally
What are polar covalent bonds
Covalent bonds in which the electrons are shared unequally
What is the range in electronegativity for Ionic bonds
1.7
What is the range in electronegativity for polar covalent bonds
0.4 - 1.7
What is the range in electronegativity for nonpolar covalent bonds
< 0.4
What are hydrocarbons?
Molecules that contain only carbon and hnydrogen
What are the three main families of hydrocarbons?
Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes
What is the formula for Alkanes?
CxH2x+2
What is the formula for Alkenes?
CxH2x
What is the formula for Alkynes?
CxH2x-2
What is the prefix for 1 carbon atom?
Meth-
What is the prefix for 2 carbon atoms?
Eth-
What is the prefix for 3 carbon atoms?
Prop-
What is the prefix for 4 carbon atoms?
But-
What is the prefix for 5 carbon atoms?
Pent-
What is the prefix for 6 carbon atoms?
Hex-
What is the prefix for 7 carbon atoms?
Hept-
What is the prefix for 8 carbon atoms?
Oct-
What is the prefix for 9 carbon atoms?
Non-
What is the prefix for 10 carbon atoms?
Dec-
What is Dissociation?
A process in which ionic substances dissolve
What are binary compounds?
Two elements, one cation and one anion in which the ending of the anion has an ending changed to -ide.
What is a lattice structure
repeating 3-dimensional pattern
What are the prefixes for covalent compounds?
mono, di, tri, tetra, penta, hexa, hepta, octa, nona, deca
What are alloys?
Homogeneous mixtures of metals
What are allotropes?
Nonmetals that have different elemental forms
What is an octet?
Filled valence level
What is the ending for single bonds?
-ane
What is the ending for double bonds?
-ene
What is the ending for triple bonds?
-yne
What is the relationship between amount of bonds and length with strength
As the amount of bonds increase and the length decreases, the bond strengthj increases
If chain forms a ring the prefix is
cyclo-
If chain is branched the prefix is
iso-
What is the abbreviation for a chain
R’
What is the R’-OH functional group?
alcohol
What is the suffix for R’-OH
-anol
What is the suffix for R’-S-H
-thiol
What is the suffix for R’-N → H
→ X
-amine
What is the suffix for R’-C=O
→H
-carbonyl(not in name)
What is the suffix for R’-C=O
→O-H
carboxyl(not in name)
What is the word for R’-CH3
methyl(within the name)
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