Covalent Bonding

What is the forces between atoms to form compounds?

Intramolecular Forces

What is a sharing of electrons between non-metal atoms?

Covalent Bond

When is a covalent bond formed?

When atoms share one or more pairs of electrons

What are the two types of Covalent Bonding?

Polar Covalent and non-polar covalent

____ of electrons are shared between _____ atoms of covalent compounds

Pairs; non-metal

What is when electrons are not shared equally?

Polar Covalent

What is when electrons are shared equally?

Non-polar covalent

What is the ability of an atom to attract electrons to itself?

Electronegativity

What are some characteristics of Covalent Compounds?

Liquids, soft solids, or gases at room temperature

What kind of melting and boiling points do Covalent bonds have?

Low

Is the electrical conductor good or poor for all phases?

poor

Are they soluble in water?

Most are not but polar is

what is the energy required to break a chemical bond?

Bond energy

What does bond strength correspond too?

bond length

What relationship does bond energy have?

inverse relationship

bond energy

short;higher

What are the diatomic elements?

Halogens, H, O, N

What are all diatomic elements?

Gases

What do diatomic elements form?

molecules

Molecules formed of only ____ atoms of the same ____

two; element

What molecule do diatomic elements form?

non-polar

What is groups of covalently bonded non-metal atoms?

Polyatomic ions

What two things do polyatomic ions have?

molecular and ionic characteristics

How do polyatomic ions charge?

Excess of electrons or a shortage of electrons

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