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• Forms crystals

• Hard and brittle

• High melting point

• ​Don't conduct as solid, but can conduct electricty when dissolved in water

• ​Often water soluble

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​Properties of Ionic Compounds:

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1. ​Formed by a metal and nonmetal.

2. Metal loses electrons (+, cation).

3. Nonmetal gains electrons (-, anoion).​

4. Opposite charges are attracted forming a bond​.

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Positive metal ions are attracted to surrounding nonmetal ions, allowing crystals to form.

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​A crystal is a solid material in which the atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and an internal symmetry​.

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​Ionic Compounds

• Low melting points and boiling points.

• Typically not water soluble

• Soft or brittle solid forms.

• Poor electrical and thermal conductivity

• Polar Covalent molecules are more likely to dissolve in water

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​Properties of Covalent Compounds

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​Electrons are shared, between two nonmetals or metalloids.

Polar Vs Non-polar Covalent

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• Electrons are shared equally

• Molecules are symmetrical

• No charges ​

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​Non-polar

• Electrons are not shared equally

• ​Molecules are asymmetrical

• Molecules have slight charges ​

​Polar

Don't fit the usual model of covalent and have some different properties​.

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Ex. Diamond and Graphite:​

Both made of Carbon but are different because of the # of bonds​​​

https://www.worldofmolecules.com/3D/graphite.htm

​Giant Covalent

Structures​

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Another giant covalent structure but has Silicon and Carbon

Properties:

• Hard

• High melting point

• semi-conductor​ - silicon is a metalloid

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​Silicon Carbide

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