A level Chemistry Notes
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How To Predict The Type Of Bond Formed Between Two Atoms
How To Predict The Type Of Bond Formed Between Two Atoms Types of atomic bonds There are three different types of bonds that can be formed when atoms combine. A chemical bond is…
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What Is Hydrogen Bonding?
What Is Hydrogen Bonding? Hydrogen bonding is the electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen atom (which is covalently bonded to a small and highly electronegative atom) and the lone pair of electrons…
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What are van der Waals’ forces?
What are van der Waals’ forces? van der Waals’ forces are weak attractive or repulsive forces between molecules or atoms that are caused by a temporary uneven distribution of electron clouds. Noble gases…
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Electronegativity And Bond Polarity In Covalent Molecules
Electronegativity And Bond Polarity In Covalent Molecules Electronegativity Electronegativity is the ability of a covalently bonded atom to attract the bond pair of electrons towards itself. The greater the electronegativity value of an…
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VSEPR theory for predicting geometrical shapes of molecules
VSEPR theory can be used to predict actual geometrical shapes of molecules and composite ions by determining bond directions and angles relative to the central atom. VSEPR is short for Va
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What are redox reactions? (A level Chemistry)
What are redox reactions (A level Chemistry) A RedOx reaction is simply a reaction in which Reduction and Oxidation take place at the same time. Oxidation in simple terms We can define oxidation…
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What are valence electrons and their importance (A level Chemistry)
What are valence electrons (A level Chemistry) What are valence electrons? Welcome, and in this post we are going to be discussing about: what valency electrons are. how valency electrons determined the chemical…
