Chapter 15

Compounds and Bonds

1. Ionic (metal + non-metal)
2. Covalent (2 non-metals)
3. Metallic (metals do not combine with metals)

Characteristics
Ionic
 High melting point
 Hight boiling point
 Conduct electricity when dissolved in water or in molten state
 Rarely burn
 Hard brittle, crystalline structure

Covalent
 Low melting point = 26˚C
 Low boiling point
 Don’t conduct electricity (ex. Hydrocarbons, CH 4) wide variety of textures
 They do burn (create energy when they burn)
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 Electron cloud around atoms like a sea of electrons (free-floating)

 High melting point
 High boiling point
 Conduct A LOT of electricity and efficiently
 Lustrous (shiny), malleable (bendable), ductile (drawn into a wire)
 Alloys – a solution of a metal in a metal (Ex. brass, steel, bronze, and pewter)
1. Interstitial (hole) in a closely metal occupied by smaller atoms
2. Substitutable – some atom replace other atoms of smaller size

Lewis Dot Diagram

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