Chemical Bonding

Flashcards about chemical bonding including ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds.

Chemical Bonding

Defines how atoms stay together in molecules.

Ionic Bonding

Metals and non-metals; electrons are taken.

Covalent Bonding

Non-metals and non-metals; electrons are shared.

Metallic Bonding

Metals and metals; involves a 'sea' of electrons.

Ionic Bonding

Occurs when metallic elements bond with non-metallic elements/compounds.

Electrostatic Forces

The attraction between opposite charges that pulls ions together in ionic bonding.

Salts

Another name for ionic compounds.

Lattice

The structure of ionic compounds where each ion is only bonded to a different type of ion.

Aqueous Form

Salts are electrical conductors when in this form.

Neutral

The overall charge of an ionic compound should always be this.

Swap and Drop

A method used to determine the chemical formula when charges don’t immediately cancel out.

Ion Naming Convention

For cations, we simply refer to the atom as an ion (e.g., Magnesium ion).

Ion Naming Convention

For anions, we typically alter the suffix of the atom to be -ide (e.g., Nitride).

Covalent Bond

Form when two atoms share an electron each.

Covalent bond capacity

The number of covalent bond it can have based on needed electrons to completely fill its outer shell.

Meth-

Prefix that signifies 1 carbon in a chain

Eth-

Prefix that signifies 2 carbons in a chain

Prop-

Prefix that signifies 3 carbons in a chain

But-

Prefix that signifies 4 carbons in a chain

Pent-

Prefix that signifies 5 carbons in a chain

Hex-

Prefix that signifies 6 carbons in a chain

Hept-

Prefix that signifies 7 carbons in a chain

Oct-

Prefix that signifies 8 carbons in a chain

Non-

Prefix that signifies 9 carbons in a chain

Dec-

Prefix that signifies 10 carbons in a chain