Which kind of bond forms: ionic, covalent or metallic
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Chlorine's electronegativity is 3.16 and sodium's is 0.93 (Pauling, PubChem). What is the difference, Ari?
Oxygen's electronegativity is 3.44 and hydrogen's is 2.2 (Pauling, PubChem). What is the difference, Esme?
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Electrons moved, shared or pooled. In NaCl, sodium's one outer electron moves to chlorine, giving Na⁺ and Cl⁻. In H₂O, oxygen shares a pair of electrons with each hydrogen. In a metal such as aluminum, atoms pool their outer electrons into a sea around positive ions.
On the card, what kind of bond holds NaCl together, Jun?
- Ionic: an electron moved
- Covalent: electrons shared
- Metallic: a sea
On the card, what kind of bonds hold H₂O together, Kira?
- Ionic: electrons moved
- Covalent: pairs shared
- Metallic: a sea
On the card, how are electrons held in aluminum metal, Luz?
- Shared in pairs
- Moved to oxygen
- Pooled in a sea
Calcium bonds with chlorine in CaCl₂. What kind of bond is it, Milo?
- Metallic
- Covalent
- Ionic
How are the atoms in a copper wire bonded, Pia?
- Covalent
- Ionic
- Metallic
What holds atoms together in every kind of bond, Ren?
- Attractions involving electrons
- Glue between the nuclei
- Gravity
What attracts Na⁺ and Cl⁻ to each other, Tala?
- Their shared pair of electrons
- Their opposite charges
- Their equal masses
Two oxygen atoms bond in O₂. How are the electrons shared, Zee?
- Moved to make ions
- Equally
- Kept on one atom