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Naming and understanding compounds can be confusing and overwhelming - Chemistry students have been through that phase of perplexity! But don't worry, once you get the hang of it, it's almost natural (most of the time...)! In this post, I will be explaining as plainly as possible the naming of ionic bonds and covalent bonds, as well as giving a bit of background information about these, as well as how they apply to real scientific issues. Hold on and keep your minds open! 1. Ionic Bonds Ionic bonding is the transfer of a valence electron from one atom to another. One of these atoms is a non-metal (right-side of the periodic table) and a metal (left-side of the periodic table). After the bonding, the metal ends up with a positive charge and the non-metal ends up with a negative charge (because electrons have a negative charge). Naming ionic bonds can be tricky, but the basics are simple. To illustrate the naming, I will be using the ionic bond between titan...

                                What are they? These are both chains of molecules containing hydrocarbon with no functional group They are 3 types of carbon bonds single,double and triple. Whats so unique about them that makes them different? Alkane Akane is a organic molecule chain that is bonded with hydrocarbons. An Alkane chain has only one bond. Other given name of an alkane is they are saturated compounds. Saturated means it can contain as much moisture or water can  be observed. Alkene On this other hand an alkene is also an organic molecule that is bonded with hydrocarbons . It has a double bond. It is Unsaturated and its more reactive then an alkane Meaning of saturated and unsaturated Saturated is when they must have one bond . As for unsaturated they must have at-least 2 bonds ( Double bonds) It is know in another name called p,bond Alkanes have a less reaction cause of...

                              Covalent bonds A covalent bond also known as molecular bound is when two nonmetals share electrons. The bonding starts forms when the electrostatic attraction of their nuclei are aiming for the same electrons. Atoms will share electrons with other atoms to be stable,  stability is gained by filling their electron shell, and each shell except for the first one needs 8 electrons to have a full shell. For example, Co2, carbon bonds covalently with 2 oxygen to have a full outer shell, oxygen needs 2 electrons to have a full outer shell and carbon, and carbon needs 4 more electrons for a full outer shell, so its going to bond with the oxygen and both elements will be stable. Due to the sharing of electrons, they show physical properties  that include lower melting points and lower  electrical conductivity  compared to ionic compounds .  There are two ...

Welcome! This is a blog for my science students to post their research, their projects, their interesting findings. We want to try to collaborate with the greater scientific community and share some of what we have found on topics we cover in class. Happy to have you here with us! Feel free to comment and add questions so we can continue to collaborate and come to a greater understanding of the world together. -Ms. Maiya