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