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What do molecular formulas and structural formulas have in common?
Molecular formulas contain no information about the arrangement of atoms. Because of this, one molecular formula can describe a number of different chemical structures. A structural formula is used to indicate not only the number of atoms, but also their arrangement in space.
What is true about molecular compounds?
Molecular compounds are formed by sharing electrons between atoms, leading to the formation of covalent bonds. They do not conduct electricity in their solid form because they do not contain free ions. Molecular compounds typically have lower melting and boiling points compared to ionic compounds.
Are molecular compounds made up of metals or nonmetals?
Molecular compounds are typically made up of nonmetals. Metals tend to form ionic compounds with nonmetals, whereas nonmetals tend to share electrons with other nonmetals, resulting in the formation of molecular compounds through covalent bonding.
Are molecular compounds usually non-metals?
Yes, most molecular compounds do not contain metals. (The term "nonmetal" properly applies only to elements, not compounds.)
What is group of chemical compounds that all contain carbon are classified as what?
Organic chemical compounds
Describe the differences between molecular formulas and structural formulas for molecular compounds?
A molecular formula lists the numbers of the atoms of a specific element in a compound. A structural formula is a picture of how the atoms in a specific molecule are connected, with each atom represented by its chemical symbol. For example, oxygen's molecular formula is O2. Its structural formula is O-O.
What is an accurate comparison of the properties of compounds and the properties of the elements that the compounds contain?
Compounds have unique properties distinct from their constituent elements, as they exhibit new chemical and physical characteristics through chemical bonding. The properties of compounds are determined by their molecular structure and interactions between atoms. In contrast, the properties of elements are based on their atomic structure and individual chemical behavior.
How can two compounds make from the same element be different?
Isomers are compounds that exist in different molecular arrangements of atoms of the same elements and having identical atomic weights. Although isomers of a compound contain the same atoms in their molecules, the atoms are arranged in a different molecular structure and the isomers may differ in their physical, chemical, and biological properties.
What is the difference in organic and inorganic formulas?
All organic compounds contain carbon; most inorganic compounds doesn't contain carbon.
Which is the tern foe numbers the appear in the chemical formulas of some compounds?
The term "ternary" refers to compounds that consist of three elements. In the context of chemical formulas, ternary compounds typically include combinations of a metal, a nonmetal, and oxygen, such as in oxoacids (e.g., sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄) or salts (e.g., sodium sulfate, Na₂SO₄). These compounds often contain a central atom bonded to oxygen and another element, forming a variety of chemical species.
What compounds are in berkelium?
Berkelium is a chemical element, doesn't contain other compounds.
How do you distinguish between the formulas of binary ionic and binary molecular compounds?
Binary ionic compounds have 2 elements, the element on the left (cation) should be a metal (left side of the zig zag line), and the other element on the right should be nonmetal (right side of the zig zag line)Binary molecular compounds have 2 NON METAL elements
