BRAINCAKEStructure and Bonding Question
Exam questions often ask you to explain a property, usually a melting point or electrical conductivity, in terms of structure and bonding. A good answer does three things.
1. Name the structure: giant ionic, giant metallic, giant covalent or simple molecular.
2. Name the bonds or forces that must be overcome, and say whether they are strong or weak.
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Key terms in this lesson
- london forces
- Weak intermolecular forces caused by instantaneous dipoles inducing dipoles in neighbouring molecules, present between all molecules.
- giant covalent lattice
- A structure in which atoms are joined to several neighbours by strong covalent bonds extending throughout the whole solid.
More in Discrete Molecules
- Dissolving Ionic Solids
- Metallic Lattices
- Giant Ionic Lattices
- Giant Covalent Lattices
- Diamond
- Graphite
- Graphene
- Molecular Lattices
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