Ionic And Covalent Bonding Essay

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AYL Question Set 4
Lesson 5:
How are ionic and covalent bonding similar? How are they different? You should discuss how they bond and what the major differences are in their nomenclature (the way they are named). Covalent and ionic are two forms of atomic bonds both of which differ in their structure and properties. Firstly, it should be made clear that an atom’s desire is to achieve stability. Most atoms by nature are not balanced electrically. They achieve balance by sharing or transferring their outermost energy level which contains electrons called valence electrons. The number of valence electrons in an atom mostly determines that atom’s or element’s properties. Now the octet rule says that an atom likes to achieve stability by ensuring they have eight valence electrons in their outermost level. Atoms lose or gain valence electrons to achieve the full outer level and they do this by bonding with other atoms. Atoms can bond with each other as in the case of O2 or with different atoms as in the case of H2O. (Timberlake) Only Hydrogen (H) and Helium (He) like to only have two valence electrons. Covalent bonds are formed between two non-metals. Non-metals have low electronegativity (Helmenstine) which means …show more content…

Transition metals can form more than one cation so in cases where they are the first element and need to balance the negatively charged anion, you write the name followed by a Roman numeral in parentheses corresponding to the anion they are combined with and which creates for zero charge balance. An example of this would be Copper (II) Sulfide sulfur has sulfur has a 2 – charge. Once you’ve named the cation now it’s time to name the anion. If the anion is not a polyatomic ion as in the case of sodium chloride NaCl, write the name of the cation changing the ending to IDE just as you do with covalent

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