Module 4 Lesson 6 Guided Notes (Polarity and Intermolecular Forces)

Essential Standards Addressed: 1.2.3 , 1.2.5

Slide 2-5
1. What is the electronegativity difference for ionic compounds? when the
electronegativity difference between atoms is greater than 1.7.

2. What is the electronegativity difference for polar covalent compounds? In

general the electronegativity difference must be 0.5 or more before the bond is
labeled as a polar covalent bond instead of nonpolar covalent bond.

3. What is the electronegativity difference for nonpolar covalent

compounds? Nonpolar bonds have an electronegativity difference of less than
0.4, and have an equal sharing of the electron pair.

4. Most compounds are __either ____ completely ionic or covalent.

5. What is example of a volatile liquid? alcohol
6. Most nonpolar compounds are ___gases_________.
Slides 6-8
7. Symmetrical molecules will be _nonpolar_____________.
8. Asymmetrical molecules will be ____polar__________.
9. Draw an example of a symmetrical molecule.
 10. Draw an example of an asymmetrical molecule

Slides 9-15
11.Explain what the phrase “Like dissolves Like” means? What this means is that
polar compounds dissolve polar compounds, nonpolar compounds dissolve
nonpolar compounds, but polar and nonpolar do not dissolve in each other

12. Distinguish between the three intermolecular forces?

dispersion forces occure between non polar molecules
dipole forces occure between polar moecules
hydrogen bonding occurs between molecules with H-F, H-O, or H-N bonds.