C2 - Bonding

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What are the three types of chemical bond?

Ionic, covalent and metallic

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What bonding occurs in metals?

Metallic

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What bonding occurs in non-metals?

Covalent

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What bonding occurs between a metal and non-metal?

Ionic

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How do metals form ions?

They lose electrons

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How do non-metals form ions?

They gain electrons

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What charge do metal ions have?

Positive

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What charge do non-metal ions have?

Negative

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What charge do ionic compounds have?

Neutral

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What is an ionic bond?

Electrostatic forces of attraction between ions with opposite charges

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What is a covalent bond?

A shared pair of electrons between two atoms

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What is a metallic bond?

Electrostatic forces of attraction between postive metal ions and negative, delocalised electrons

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In what type of bonding are electrons shared?

Covalent

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In what type of bonding are electrons transferred?

Ionic

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What charge are the ions of group 1 elements?

1+

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What charge are the ions of group 2 elements?

2 +

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What charge are the ions of group 6 elements?

2-

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What charge are the ions of group 7 elements?

1-

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What structure do ionic compounds have?

Giant ionic lattice

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What substances contain covalent bonds?

Small molecules, giant covalent structures, polymers

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What forces are found between molecules?

Intermolecular forces

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What side of the periodic table contains metals?

Left

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What side of the periodic table contains non metals?

Right

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How many pairs of electrons are shared in a single covalent bond?

1

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How many pairs of electrons are shared in a double covalent bond?

2

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If the temperature is below the melting point of a substance, what state will it be?

Solid

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If the temperature is between the melting and boiling point of a substance, what state will it be?

Liquid

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What does (s) mean?

Solid state

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What does aqueous mean?

Dissolved in water

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What does (aq) mean?

Aqueous state

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What does (l) mean?

Liquid state

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What does (g) mean?

Gaseous state

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If the temperature is above the boiling point of a substance, what state will it be?

Gas

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[𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿] What are two limitations of the simple particle model?

Doesn't show forces between particles

Represents the atoms as spheres which are solid

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What state change happnes when a solid changes to a liquid?

Melting

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What state change happens when a liquid turns to a gas?

Boling or evaporating

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What state change happens when a liquid turns to a solid?

Freezing

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What state change happens when a gas turns to a liquid?

Condensing

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What structure do ionic substances have?

Giant ionic

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What structure do metallic substances have?

Giant metallic

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What structures do covalent susbtances have?

Giant covalent or simple covalent

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What do substances need to conduct electricity?

Charged particles that can move

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Why can metals conduct electricity?

The delocalised electrons are free to move

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Why can't ionic compounds conduct electricity when solid?

The ions are not free to move

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Why can ionic compounds conduct electricity when molten or aqueous?

The ions are free to move

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Why can't simple covalent substances conduct electricity?

They have no charged particles

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Which structures have substances with high boiling points?

Giant covalent, giant ionic and giant metallic

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Which structures have substances with low boiling points?

Simple covalent

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What bonds break when giant ionic compounds melt and boil?

Ionic

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What bonds break when giant covalent compounds melt and boil?

Covalent

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What bonds break when giant metallic compounds melt and boil?

Metallic

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What bonds break when simple covalent substances melt and boil?

Weak intermolecular forces

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When can ionic compounds conduct electricity?

When molten or aqueous

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Why do giant ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points?

The strong ionic bonds require lots of energy to break

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Why do giant covalent compounds have high melting and boiling points?

The strong covalent bonds require lots of energy to break

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Why do giant metallic compounds have high melting and boiling points?

The strong metallic bonds require lots of energy to break

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Why do simple covalent substances have low metling and boiling points?

The weak intermolecular forces do not require much energy to break

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What type of bond links the atoms in polymers?

Covalent bonds

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Why do polymers have higher melting and boiling points than small molecules?

The intermolecular forces are stronger in polymers and so require more energy to break

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What are alloys?

A mixture of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal

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Why are metals mixed with other elements to form alloys?

Metals are too soft for many uses

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Why are alloys harder than pure metals? (2)

The atoms in alloys are different sizes

This distorts the layers of atoms and prevents them from sliding

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Why can metals conduct thermal energy?

energy is transferred by the delocalised electrons

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What element is diamond made up of?

Carbon

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What element is graphite made up of?

Carbon

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What element is graphene made up of?

Carbon

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How many covalent bonds can a carbon atom form?

4

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How many covalent bonds do the carbon atoms form in graphite?

3

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How many covalent bonds do the carbon atoms form in graphene?

3

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How many covalent bonds do the carbon atoms form in diamond?

4

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Why does graphite conduct electricity?

Each carbon atom contains one delocalised electron that is free to move

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Why does graphene conduct electricity?

Each carbon atom contains one delocalised electron that is free to move

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Why can't diamond conduct electricity? (2)

Each carbon atom forms 4 covalent bonds

There are no delocalised electrons that are free to move and carry charge

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Why is graphite slippery?

When a force is applied the weak forces between the layers are broken, allowing the layers to slide

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What bonds connect the carbon atoms in graphite?

Covalent bonds

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What connects the layers in graphite?

Weak forces

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What bonds connect the carbon atoms in diamond?

Covalent bonds

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What bonds connect the carbon atoms in graphene?

Covalent bonds

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How are the carbon atoms arranged in graphite?

Hexagonal rings in layers

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How are the carbon atoms arranged in graphene?

Hexagonal rings

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Why does diamond have a high melting and boiling point?

The millions of strong covalent bonds require lots of energy to break

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Which bonds break when diamond melts and boils?

Strong covalent bonds

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What bonds break when graphite melts?

Strong covalent bonds

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What bonds break when graphene melts?

Strong covalent bonds

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Why does graphite have a high melting and boiling point?

The millions of strong covalent bonds require lots of energy to break

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What are fullerenes?

Molecules of carbon atoms with hollow shapes

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How are the carbon atoms arranged in fullerenes?

In rings of 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms

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What shape does Buckminsterfullerene have?

Spherical

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How many carbon atoms does a molecule of Buckminsterfullerene have?

60

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What was the first fullerene to be discovered called?

Buckminsterfullerene

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What are carbon nanotubes?

Cylindrical fullerenes with a very high length to diameter ratio

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What are nanotubes used for?

Nanotechnology, electronics and materials

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What can fullerenes be used for?

To deliver a drug to a part of the body

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Why are nanotubes used in electronics?

They conduct electricity and are light weight

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Why are nanotubes used in tennis rackets?

They provide strength but do not add much weight

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What is the diameter of nanoparticles?

1- 100 nm

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What is the diameter of fine particles (PM₂.₅)?

100 - 2500 nm

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What is the diameter of coarse particles (PM₁₀) ?

2.5 x 10 ⁻⁶ m - 1 x 10⁻⁵ m (2500 - 10 000 nm)

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When the side of a cube decreases by a factor of ten, what happens to the surface area to volume ratio?

Increases by a factor of 10

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What are some uses of nanoparticles? (4)

Medical treatments

Suncreams

Electronics

Catalysts