Monday, April 5, 2010

Covalent bonding

Covalent Bonding
- Electrons are shared between non-metals
- Drawing the Lewis Dot Diagrams:
  1. Total all valence electrons in all atoms
  2. Identify the element that can form the most bonds. This will be the central atom.
  3. Draw bonds between atoms as a line. This represents 2 e-
  4. Any e- not part of a bond are lone pairs around the atom
  5. Check to make sure each atom has a full octet

Double & Triple Bonds
- Some compounds form more than one bond between two elements
- Some compounds form more than one bond between two elements



Okay, YEESh.
Timmme for a much needed break from chem with some soothing tunes from the Beatles!

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