Adam+Jacko

​What is a covalent bond? A **covalent bond** is a form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms, and other covalent bonds. In short, the attraction-to-repulsion stability that forms between atoms when they share electrons is known as covalent bonding.

What is an ionic bond? An **ionic bond** is a type of chemical bond that involves a metal and a nonmetal ion through electostatic attraction.

List 5 differences between ionic and covalent compounds (Ex. high or low boiling and melting points, sharing or transferring electrons, etc.). __Covalent Compounds__ - Share valence electrons - Two nonmetals - Low melting point - Gas/Liquid at room temperature - Molecules __Ionic Compounds__ - Transfer of electrons - Metal and nonmetals - High melting point - Crystalline solid at room temperature - Crystals

Find 5 Lewis Structures and copy and paste them on your page. Determine their molecular geometry.

Carbonate Ion - Trigonal Planar Bicarbonate - Trigonal Planar Carbon Dioxide - Linear Water - Bent Carbonic Acid - Trigonal Planar

(Name) Hydrofluoric Acid - (Formula) HF



H3P - Phosphine Check this one out again. It starts with "H" (hydrogen), so it must be an acid.



Sulfur Hexafluoride - SF6

Potassium Chromate - K2CrO4

Adam, your names and formulas look good. Give me an explanation of how you came up with each. Check out my examples on the "**Home**" page to see what I mean.