Key Terms Related to Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry
This text highlights key terms important for the study of ionic bondng; covalent bonding; lewis symbols & structures; formal charges & resonance; strength of ionic & covalent bonds; and molecular structure & polarity.
Topics
- axial position
- bond angle. bond dipole moment
- bond distance
- bond energy
- bond length
- Born-Haber cycle
- covalent bond
- dipole moment
- double bond
- electron-pair geometry
- electronegativity
- equatorial position
- formal charge
- free radical
- hypervalent molecule
- inert pair effect
- ionic bond lattice energy
- ΔHlattice
- Lewis structure
- Lewis symbol
- linear
- lone pair
- molecular structure
- octahedral
- octet rule
- polar covalent bond
- polar molecule
- pure covalent bond
- resonance
- resonance forms
- resonance hybrid
- single bond
- tetrahedral
- trigonal bipyramidal
- trigonal planar
- triple bond
- valence shell
- electron-pair repulsion theory
- VSEPR
- vector