form because
electrons can delocalize better amoung several atoms than they can in a single atom.
This spreading of electron density is called a covalent chemical bond. We discussed
the properties of these bonds and features of their electronic structure
Some 'highlights' of the properties we discussed are:
- The nature of Waves (text pp. 272-276), and
even Particle Waves
(text pp. 284-289)
- The Hydrogen energy spectrum
(text pp. 280-284) and
Nodes (text pp. 286, 291-292, 398, 404)
- Atomic Aufbau (text pp. 294-299), and electron
Configurations of the elements (text pp. 295-303)
- Chemical Periodicity (text pp. 315-339)
- Lewis theory
(text pp. 346-352, 357-365)
and
Bond Polarity
(text pp. 352-355)
- Bond Energies
(text pp. 375-378)
- Chemical Geometry (text pp. 365-375)
- The weird and wonderful World of Quantum Chemistry (text
pp. 389-411)
- Molecular Stickiness
(text pp. 436-445) and the Phases of matter
(text pp. 422-435)
- Crystals (text pp. 445-456)
Remember the
-
Shapes of the Atomic Orbitals
- The Shapes of
Molecules and the
- Shapes of Cubic crystals