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Unit 7 Section 1 Notes. Compounds and Molecules. What are Compounds?. A compound is made of 2 or more elements joined together. When elements combine to form a compound , the compound has very different properties than the elements that made it. Example of a Compound.
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Unit 7 Section 1 Notes Compounds and Molecules
What are Compounds? • A compound is made of 2 or more elements joined together. • When elements combine to form a compound, the compound has very different properties than the elements that made it.
Example of a Compound • Sodium, a metal, combines with chlorine, a gas, to make table salt, a small white crystal. + →
Chemical Bonds • The forces that hold atoms or ions together in a compound are called chemical bonds. • Chemical bonds are the difference between compounds and mixtures • A compound is formed through chemical bonding.
Chemical Bonds vs. Mixtures • Mixtures are made of different substances just placed together • Each substance in the mixture keeps its own properties • Example: Mixing yellow and blue paint gives green paint, but the properties of the paint have not changed. → +
When is a compound formed? • A compound is formed when chemical bonds are broken and atoms are rearranged.
Chemical Formula • A compound ALWAYS has the same chemical formula. • A chemical formula shows the types and numbers of atoms or ions making up the simplest unit of the compound.
Examples of Chemical Formulas • H2O: Water: 2 Hydrogen atoms; 1 Oxygen atom • C12H22O11: Sugar: 12 Carbon atoms; 22 Hydrogen atoms; 11 Oxygen atoms • NaCl: Table Salt: 1 Sodium atom; 1 Chlorine atom • Note: When there is no subscript, it is understood to be “1”.
Compounds • Compounds are ALWAYS made of the same elements in the same proportion!!!!!!!
Chemical Structure • Chemical Structureis the way the compound’s atoms are bonded to make the compound. • Just as the structure of buildings can be represented by blueprints, the structure of chemical compounds can be shown by various models. Different models show different aspects of compounds.
Ball-and-Stick Model • This model helps you see a compound’s structure by showing how the atoms or ions are arranged in a compound. • Atoms: represented by balls • Bonds: represented by sticks 104.45˚ Ball-and-Stick model for water.
Arrangement of Compounds • Two words are used to tell how atoms or ions are positioned in a compound: • Bond length: the distance between the nuclei of two bonded atoms. • Bond angle: the angle formed by two bonds to the same atom. • The Ball-and-Stick model helps you see bond length and bond angle.
Structural Formula • Structural formulas can also show the structures of compound • In a structural formula, atoms are represented by chemical symbols. O H H
Space-Filling Models • Space-filling model shows how much space atoms take up • The different sizes of the atoms can be seen, but not bond lengths.
Bonds are Flexible • Chemists often use a solid bar to show a bond between two atoms, but bonds are actually flexible, like springs. • Atoms can actually move back and forth a little bit.
Properties of Compounds • What determines many of a compound’s properties? • The atoms present in a compound • The way the atoms are arranged (chemical structure)
How Does Structure Affect Properties? • Compounds with network crystalsare strong solids • Quartz is made of silicon dioxide, SiO2 • Every Si atom is bonded to 4 oxygen atoms; all bond angles are the same at 109.5˚, which holds the atoms together in a strong, rigid structure • The bonds that hold quartz together is very strong and takes a lot of energy to break the bonds, which is why the melting and boiling points are so high
How does Structure Affect Properties? • Some networks are made of bonded ions, which have very strong attractions between the positively and negatively charged ions • The strong attraction requires a lot of energy to break the bonds, which is why these network structures have high melting and boiling points. • Examples: table salt, NaCl; magnesium oxide, MgO
How Does Structure Affect Properties? • Some compounds are made of molecules • A molecule of sugar is made between bonds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and the attraction between the molecules is much weaker than an ionic bond. • Compounds made of molecules do not have a strong attraction holding atoms together, so they have a lower melting and boiling point than compounds with ionic bonds.
Strength of Attraction Between Molecules • The weaker the force of attraction between molecules, the easier the substance will be to break apart • Molecules of gases have weak attractions to one another, so they spread out and take up a lot of space.