5605 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 whats the difference between covelant bonding and ionic bonding explain what both are please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Covalent bonding is the 'sharing' of valence(outer shell) electrons between atoms to form a molecule. Ionic bonding is a bond formed between to ionised(positive and negative) atoms. I think covalent is much stronger although weak ionic bonds can form between dipoles(atoms that are not fully ionised). Can someone verify this last point for me because my chemistry is a bit dismal at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolecularMan14 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I was going to say the exact same thing. Water is an example of a substance that forms a polar covalant bond. (electron sharing) Magnesium chloride is an example of an ionic bond. (opposites attracted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedragon52 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 These links hopefully will help you further: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~chem322a/resources/ch1/covalent.html http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/cov_IonicBs.html http://www.bcpl.net/~kdrews/interactions/interactions.html http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/153Acompare.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/bond.html Hope those are enough to put you on the right track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5605 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 thanks for the info it was usefull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 linus pauling defined ionic bonds as having electronegativity differences of greater than 1.7 or bonds involving polyatomic ions. covalent bonds have electronegativity differences of less than or equal to 1.7. i actually have two questions about this myself: do ionic structures have hybrid orbitals? do compounds like fluorine nitrate have hybrid orbitals? (fluorine and the nitrate anion are very, very electronegative). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1dermon Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 i just bought linus paulings book "general chemistry" man...its informative...lol. to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 yeah it's a great book. ever read the nature of the chemical bond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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