Key Takeaways

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The focus of this chapter was on molecular structure and molecular bonding types.

• There can be ionic bonding, covalent bonding, metallic bonding, and hydrogen bonding.

• In ions, electrons are “given away” to other atoms and the transfer is essentially irreversible because of the stability of the ion when compared to the atom that is not in ionic form.

• Covalent bonding can be polar or nonpolar, depending on the relative electronegativity of the atoms involved in the bond.

• Hydrogen bonding involves a partial connection between hydrogen and electronegative molecules.

• Metallic bonding involves bonding between metals that have shared and overlapping orbitals.