Ionic and Covalent compounds
Chandler Tolley
Ionic Compunds
- The Melting Point & Boiling Point are high
- Ionic bonds are formed between a cation, which is usually a metal, and an anion, which is usually a nonmetal. Covalent bonding occurs when pairs of electrons are shared by atom
- The electrons are transferred from a metal to a nonmetal
Covalent Compounds
- The Boiling Point & Melting Point are low
- This type of bonding occurs between two atoms of the same element or of elements close to each other in the periodic table. This bonding occurs primarily between nonmetals; however, it can also be observed between nonmetals and metals
- The electrons are shared between atoms