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3 Chemical Bonding

Cambridge AS Level Chemistry (9701) · 5 topics

Ionic bonding

Electronegativity Electronegativity The power of an atom to attract electrons to itself (specifically, the bonding pair of electrons in a covalent bond).…
Covalent bonding

Covalent Bonding Covalent Bonding The electrostatic attraction between the nuclei of two atoms and a shared pair of electrons. Covalent bonds form between…
Metallic bonding

Metallic Bonding Metallic Bonding The electrostatic attraction between positively charged metal ions (cations) and a sea of delocalised electrons. When metal…
Intermolecular forces

Bond Polarity and Dipole Moments A bond is polar when the two bonded atoms have different electronegativities - the more electronegative atom pulls the shared…
Shapes of molecules

VSEPR Theory Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory predicts molecular shapes based on the repulsion between electron pairs around the central…