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Ionic Covalent Presentation
Ionic Covalent Presentation
Stable or Unstable?
An atom is only stable if it has a full
valence shell
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ions
Group
1 18
2 13 14 15 16 17
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ionic Bonds
Properties of Ionic Compounds
High melting point
Good conductor of electricity
Solid at room temperature
Covalent Bonds
Covalent
bonds exist between
NONMETAL and NONMETAL.
Example: H2, H2O, NO3, CH4