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2.1: Chemical Bonding

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Learning objectives for this unit are to:

  • Explain the thermodynamic driving force for the formation of chemical bonds
  • Compare and contrast ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds
  • Know that bonding is a continuum and explain or interpret information provided in a bonding triangle
  • Define electronegativity and identify regions of molecules with partial charge based on electronegativities
  • Define polarizability and relate polarizability to covalency
  • Define percent ionic character

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