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How do chemicals form bonds to create molecules, compounds and more? Learn about different forms of chemical bonding, and how those bonds are broken, using this resource. Overview Ionic bonding – what are ionic bonds and how do they form? How are ionic compounds named? 80 minutes to complete Covalent...
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Covalent bonding is responsible for creating many substances we encounter in our daily lives. Water (\(\ce{H2O}\)) is essential for life, carbon dioxide (\(\ce{CO2}\)) is a key component of the Earth's atmosphere, and methane (\(\ce{CH4}\)) is a common fuel source. Use this resource to learn more about how covalent bonds form....
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Chances are you sprinkle table salt on your meals, use baking soda in your cooking, or encounter calcium carbonate in chalk. Ionic bonding explains how these substances form. Understanding ionic bonds helps us see how different materials are made and why they have certain properties. When forming bonds, atoms attempt...
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Lewis electron dot structures are crucial because they visually represent the valence electrons of atoms, helping to predict molecular bonding, structure, and reactivity in chemistry. This resource contains all you need to know to get started with these structures. Lewis structures, also known as electron dot structures, are diagrams that...
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Covalent bonding is a fundamental concept in chemistry that explains how atoms share electrons to form molecules. Molecular substances can be represented using Lewis structures. Test your understanding of Lewis structures and covalent compounds with this quiz. Your turn – covalent bonding and Lewis structures Draw the Lewis structures of...
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A redox reaction, short for reduction–oxidation reaction, is a chemical process in which one substance loses electrons (oxidation) while another gains electrons (reduction). Keep reading to learn more. Oxidation and reduction Redox reactions involve the net movement of electrons from one reactant to the other. This causes some reactants to...
