Questions
- 1301. Why are metals malleable and ductile?
- 1302. How does hybridization explain carbon’s versatility?
- 1303. How does bonding explain conductivity?
- 1304. What are crystal field splitting patterns?
- 1305. What is crystal field theory (basic idea)?
- 1306. How does bonding affect chemical reactivity?
- 1307. What is structural isomerism?
- 1308. What is bond dissociation energy?
- 1309. Why are triple bonds shorter than double bonds?
- 1310. What are multiple bonds?
- 1311. Why do elements in the third period show expanded octet?
- 1312. What is hypervalency?
- 1313. How does hybridization relate to molecular shapes?
- 1314. What is octahedral geometry?
- 1315. What is trigonal bipyramidal geometry?
- 1316. What is tetrahedral geometry?
- 1317. What is trigonal planar geometry?
- 1318. What is linear geometry?
- 1319. What determines the geometry of a molecule?
- 1320. Why is O₂ paramagnetic?
- 1321. What is paramagnetism and diamagnetism in MO theory?
- 1322. What is the difference between HOMO and LUMO?
- 1323. What are the types of molecular orbitals (σ, π)?
- 1324. Why is He₂ molecule not stable?
- 1325. What is bond order according to MO theory?
- 1326. What are bonding and antibonding orbitals?
- 1327. What is molecular orbital theory?
- 1328. Why do smaller ions have higher lattice energy?
- 1329. What factors affect lattice energy?
- 1330. How does lattice energy relate to ionic bond strength?
- 1331. What is lattice energy?
- 1332. What is the significance of hydrogen bonding in water?
- 1333. Why is hydrogen bonding stronger than other intermolecular forces?
- 1334. What is hydrogen bonding?
- 1335. What are London dispersion forces?
- 1336. What are dipole–dipole interactions?
- 1337. What are Van der Waals forces?
- 1338. Why is CO₂ nonpolar but H₂O polar?
- 1339. What conditions make a molecule polar?
- 1340. How does molecular shape affect dipole moment?
- 1341. What is a dipole moment?
- 1342. What is bond polarity?
- 1343. What is electronegativity?
- 1344. How does bond order relate to bond strength?
- 1345. What is bond order?
- 1346. What is bond angle?
- 1347. What factors affect bond energy?
- 1348. What is bond energy?
- 1349. What factors affect bond length?
- 1350. What is bond length?
- 1351. Which bond restricts rotation in molecules?
- 1352. How do sigma and pi bonds differ in strength?
- 1353. What is a pi bond?
- 1354. What is a sigma bond?
- 1355. What shapes are associated with six electron pairs?
- 1356. What shapes are associated with five electron pairs?
- 1357. How does lone pair affect bond angle?
- 1358. What is the shape of a molecule with AX4 configuration?
- 1359. What is the shape of a molecule with AX3 configuration?
- 1360. What is the shape of a molecule with AX2 configuration?
- 1361. What principle of VSEPR theory?
- 1362. What is VSEPR theory?
- 1363. How does hybridization explain molecular geometry?
- 1364. What is d²sp³ hybridization?
- 1365. What is dsp³ hybridization?
- 1366. What is sp³ hybridization?
- 1367. What is sp² hybridization?
- 1368. What is sp hybridization?
- 1369. What is hybridization?
- 1370. What is valence bond theory?
- 1371. What is electron delocalization?
- 1372. Why do some molecules show resonance?
- 1373. What is resonance?
- 1374. Why is formal charge important in determining stability?
- 1375. What is formal charge in Lewis structures?
- 1376. How do you draw Lewis structures for molecules?
- 1377. What is a Lewis dot structure?
- 1378. What are the properties of metallic bonds?
- 1379. What is meant by “sea of electrons” model?
- 1380. Why are metals good conductors of electricity?
- 1381. What is metallic bonding?
- 1382. What is a coordinate covalent bond?
- 1383. What are the properties of covalent compounds?
- 1384. What is the difference between single, double, and triple bonds?
- 1385. What is a covalent bond?
- 1386. What are the properties of ionic compounds?
- 1387. What conditions favor the formation of ionic bonds?
- 1388. What is an ionic bond?
- 1389. What are the main types of chemical bonds?
- 1390. What are the limitations of the octet rule?
- 1391. What is the octet rule?
- 1392. Why do atoms form chemical bonds?
- 1393. What is a chemical bond?
- 1394. How does the periodic table help predict element behavior?
- 1395. How does atomic size influence chemical bonding?
- 1396. What makes halogens strong oxidizing agents?
- 1397. How does electronegativity help predict polarity of molecules?
- 1398. What are typical reactions of alkali metals with water?
- 1399. Why do elements in the same group have similar properties?
- 1400. How does valence electron configuration determine reactivity?