The document discusses two main types of chemical bonds: covalent bonds, which form when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons, and ionic bonds, which form when an electron is transferred from one atom to another, creating positively and negatively charged ions that are attracted to each other. It notes that covalent compounds tend to be gases, liquids or low melting/boiling point solids that are poor conductors, while ionic compounds are usually crystalline solids with high melting/boiling points that conduct electricity when melted and are soluble in water.
The document discusses two main types of chemical bonds: covalent bonds, which form when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons, and ionic bonds, which form when an electron is transferred from one atom to another, creating positively and negatively charged ions that are attracted to each other. It notes that covalent compounds tend to be gases, liquids or low melting/boiling point solids that are poor conductors, while ionic compounds are usually crystalline solids with high melting/boiling points that conduct electricity when melted and are soluble in water.
The document discusses two main types of chemical bonds: covalent bonds, which form when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons, and ionic bonds, which form when an electron is transferred from one atom to another, creating positively and negatively charged ions that are attracted to each other. It notes that covalent compounds tend to be gases, liquids or low melting/boiling point solids that are poor conductors, while ionic compounds are usually crystalline solids with high melting/boiling points that conduct electricity when melted and are soluble in water.
atoms Covalent Bonds Ionic Bonds Covalent Bonds One or more pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms Ionic Bonds One or more electrons from 1 atom are removed and attached to another atom, resulting in +ve (cation) and –ve (anion) ions which attract each other Covalent Ionic Compounds Compounds Gases, liquids, or Crystalline solids solids High melting and Low melting and boiling points boiling points Conduct Poor electrical electricity when conductors melted Many soluble in Many soluble in nonpolar liquids water but not in but not in water nonpolar liquid