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Chemical Bonding - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Writing the element symbols with their valence electrons around the element symbol (starting: left, right, top, bottom, repeat).
        
        For example
        
        Then
        
        Using (an) arrow(s), show the transfer of electrons
        
        For example
        
        Note
        
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        Finally
        
        Show the completed exchange of electrons of both atoms in a second drawing. Put square brackets around each atom with their respective charges in the top-right corner outside the brackets.
        
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        However
        
        The arrangement of valence electrons can be altered to make the Lewis diagram neater and easier to draw.
    - - Finding the bonding capacities of the atoms.
        
        Which is
        
        The number of unpaired electrons in an atom
        
        For example
        
        Carbon has a bonding capacity of four because it has four unpaired electrons.
        
        Nitrogen has a bonding capacity of three because it has three unpaired electrons.
        
        Then
        
        Place the atom with the highest bonding capacity in the "center" with the other atoms around the "central" atom (if Carbon is present, then Carbon will always a central atom)
        
        For example
        
        Next
        
        Add up all the valence electrons available.
        
        For example
        
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        Next
        
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- - - - Exchanged/transferred
        
        Like in
        
        Ionic bonds (between a metal and a non-metal)
        
        Which can be drawn using
        
        Which have properties of being:
        
        Very high melting points
        
        Soluble in water
        
        Solid at SATP
        
        Can conduct electricity when in aqueous solutions
        
        Have a crystalline structure
      - Shared
        
        Like in
        
        Covalent bonds (between 2 non-metals)
        
        Which can be:
        
        Non-polar
        
        Meaning
        
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        Polar
        
        Meaning
        
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        And because
        
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        Which have properties of being:
        
        Most have low solubility in water
        
        Do not conduct electricity
        
        Except
        
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        Relatively low melting points
        
        Solids can be soft, waxy, flexible, or crystalline
        
        Solid. liquid, or gas at SATP
    - - What group the element is in (excluding the transition metals and noble gases)
        
        However, with the exception of
        
        For groups 13-18, where only the number in the "ones" column is used
        
        For example
        
        Sulfur is in group 16 (column 16) and therefore has 6 valence electrons
        
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        Magnesium is in group 2 (column 2) and therefore has 2 valence electrons
- - - - The electronegativity difference (ΔEN)
        
        Which is
        
        The difference of electronegativity values found on most period tables (always involving only two different atoms, and subtracting the lesser value from the greater value regardless of what order the atoms are listed)
        
        If the ΔEN is
        
        Between 1.4 and 1.7 (1.4-1.7)
        
        Than the bond is
        
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        Greater than 1.7 (>1.7)
        
        Than the bond is
        
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        Less than 0.4 (<0.4)
        
        Than the bond is
        
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        Which involves
        
        Electronegativity values
        
        Which are
        
        A measure of an atom's ability to pull electrons towards itself
        
        So
        
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        Which has a trend of
        
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