chemical bonds
Atoms holding together
Chemical bonds are the forces holding atoms together in molecules and compounds.
Atoms share or transfer electrons to form bonds—covalent bonds involve sharing, ionic bonds involve transfer.
The strength of these bonds determines a substance's stability and properties.
Breaking chemical bonds releases energy, which is why fuels burn.
In chemistry, understanding bonds explains why substances react the way they do.
- covalentSharing electrons between atoms
- moleculesBonded atomic groups
- Lewis structuresMolecular bonding representations using dots
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
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- forcesgravity, force, electromagnetism, thrust, drag
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- organic chemistrybenzene ring, carbon chain, carbon compounds, hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon
- stored energynuclear energy, battery charge, gasoline, dynamite, glucose
- physical chemistrythermodynamics, kinetics, reaction rates, activation energy, entropy
- Molecular Forcesvan der Waals, dipole-dipole, dipole, electrostatic, adhesion
chemical bondsbond breaking
Rupturing chemical links
dissociation · bond cleavage · free radicals · ionization · decomposition
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