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Explain how the atoms in a polar covalent bond can have some electric charge?
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Explain what covalent bonds are and their role in combining atoms?
covalent bond is a type of bond between atoms in which the electrons are shared.
How would you determine which of a group of atoms acquires the most negative charge in a covalent bond with hydrogen?
In a covalent bond neither group of atoms would gain any charge since the electrons are "shared" between two atoms.
Is an electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
Atoms contain both positive (protons) and negative (electrons) electric charges. But in the vast majority of atoms these positive and negative electric charges balance, canceling and resulting in zero total electric charge. When electrons detach from atoms we generate electricity. Where there are fewer electrons there is a positive charge. Where there are more electrons there is a negative charge. When two places have different charges we get an electric voltage. When electrons flow from a negatively charged place to a positively charged place we get an electric current.
Are the atoms in one water molecule covalently bonded to atoms in a neighbouring water molecule?
No, the atoms within a given water molecule are covalently bonded to each other, but the molecules are not covalently bonded to other water molecules. Instead they have what is called a coordinate covalent bond. In a covalent bond, atoms share electrons. In a coordinate covalent bond, there is no sharing of electrons but there are regions of electric charge (water molecules have a positive and a negative end to them due to the pattern in which the electrons are distributed) and that causes an electrostatic attraction.
In covalent compounds atoms become chemically stable by doing what?
bonding to ionic compounds of the same charge
Are atoms the carry an electric charge?
Atoms have NO electric charge, only ions have (+ or -)
Explain what covalent bonds are and their role in combining atoms?
covalent bond is a type of bond between atoms in which the electrons are shared.
How would you determine which of a group of atoms acquires the most negative charge in a covalent bond with hydrogen?
In a covalent bond neither group of atoms would gain any charge since the electrons are "shared" between two atoms.
Is elctric charge a property of just electricity or is charge property of all atoms?
Electric charge is a property of some subatomic particles. Atoms can be neutral (zero electric charge), or they can have a charge. If they have a charge, they are called ions.
Which particles in atoms have a electric charge?
electrons
What are atoms with a positive electric charge called?
Cations.
Do atoms have no overall electric charge?
Correct
What particles in atoms have a negative electric charge?
Electrons.
What is it when a group of atoms have an electric charge?
Ions are formed when atoms have charges. Cations are species with positive charge. Anions are species with negative charge.
Explain covalent bonding with atoms?
Covalent bonding is basically when two nonmetal atoms share electrons. The following link may help you: http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_bond
Ions are atoms that carry an electric charge?
Atoms carry a positive charge on the proton and a negative charge on the electron, usually these cancel out.
Explain how atoms from the following types of chemical bonds ionic covalent and polar?
Ionic bonding is based on electrostatic attraction between two atoms; covalent bonding is based on the sharing of electrons between atoms.
