Unit · year 1
CU-102 · Chemical Bonding
Threads bonding · quantum6 results
How atoms hold together, from Lewis dots to molecular orbitals.
Results in this unit
T-007
Ionic bonding and the Born-Haber cycle
Lattice energy extracted from a thermodynamic cycle.
T-008
Lewis structures and the octet rule
Shared and lone pairs from electron bookkeeping.
T-009
VSEPR and molecular shape
Electron-pair repulsion predicts molecular geometry.
T-010
Orbital hybridisation
sp, sp2 and sp3 mixing rationalises bond angles.
T-011
Molecular orbital theory
Bonding and antibonding combinations give bond order and magnetism.
T-012
Electronegativity and bond polarity
Unequal sharing produces dipole moments.