Quartz Chemical Bonding. Which substance in nature exist as single atoms?
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Chemical Bonding
Which substance in nature exist as single atoms?
Atoms seldom exist as independent particles in nature.
Nearly all substances consists of combinations of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.
O2
CO2
How do these and thousands of other compounds form from the relatively few elements known to exist?
Salt and sugar may look very similar, but they are vastly different kinds of substances.
Salt, NaClIonic bonds
Sugar, C12H12O11
Covalent bonds
The properties of substances are determined in large part by the chemical bonds that hold atoms together.
What determines the type of bonding in a substance?
The electronic structure of the atoms involved.
How do these and thousands of other compounds form from the relatively few elements known to exist?
The electronic structure of the atoms involved.
The valence electrons in an atom are involved in chemical bonding.
The outermost electrons
Valence electrons
There are three types of chemical bonds:
1. Ionic bonds
2. Covalent bonds
3. Metallic bonds
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