Ionic and Covalent Bonds

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Ionic bonding

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Complete transfer of valence electrons between a metal and a non-metal

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What is covalent bonding?

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Sharing of electrons between nonmetals

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In ionic bonding, what happens to the metal?

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It loses electrons to become a positively charged cation

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In covalent bonding, what happens to the electrons?

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They are shared between nonmetals

Front

Label the compound PBr3 as either ionic or covalent.

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Covalent

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Label the compound CF4 as either ionic or covalent.

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Covalent

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Label the compound Na2O as either ionic or covalent.

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Ionic

Front

Label the compound P2S3 as either ionic or covalent.

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Covalent

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Label the compound NO as either ionic or covalent.

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Covalent

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Label the compound MgF2 as either ionic or covalent.

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Ionic