Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Structure and Properties 2
- Giant ionic structures 2.1
- ionic compounds
have giant structures
- strong electrostatic forces
hold the ions together
- solid at room temperature
- can't conduct electricity
- no free electrons
- ions can only vibrate
about fixed positions
- high melting and boiling points
- large amount of energy need
to overcome ionic bonds
- when melted the ions are free to move
- can carry electrical charge
- some compounds
can dissolve in water
- water molecules split up the lattice
- ions are free to move so
can conduct electricity
- Simple Molecules 2.2
- atoms within a molecule
are held together by
strong covalent bonds
- bonds only act
between the atoms
within the molecule
- molecules have
little attraction for
each other
- low melting and boiling points
- intermolecular forces are
weak and easily overcome
- cannot conduct electricity
as the molecule has no
overall charge
- Giant Covalent Structures 2.3
- atoms can sometimes form
several covalent bonds
- these join together to form
giant covalent structures
or macromolecules
- every atom is joined to several other
atoms by strong covalent bonds
- has a high melting point as teh bonds
are difficult to break/overcome
- Diamond
- made of carbon
- regular 3D giant structure
- the atoms lock into place
- covalently bonded to
4 other carbon atoms
- makes it hard
- makes it transparent
- Graphite
- covalently bonded to
3 other carbon atoms
- 1 electron from each
carbon is delocalised
- this allows graphite to
conduct heat and electricity
- formed in flat hexagonal 2D layers
- no covalent bonds between
layers
- there are weak intermolecular forces
- makes graphite soft and maluable
as layers slide over each other
- Fullerenenes
- take the hexagonal
layers and join them to
form cage like structures
- nano sizes so can be
used to deliver drugs
around the body and to
reinforce materials
- Giant Metallic structures 2.4
- metal atoms are arranged in layers
- when force is applied they
slide over each other
- metal bends/stretches
- useful for making wires and rods
- alloys are mixtures of
metals/non-metals
- due to the different sized
atoms they distort the layers
- make the layers difficult
to slide over each other
- harder than pure metals
- Shape memory alloys
- bent or deformed
- when heated they return
to their original shape
- dental braces
- metals have
delocalised electrons
- good conductors of
heat and electricity
- electrons can move
quickly through the lattice
- Properties of polymers 2.5
- depend of the
monomer used
to make it and
the conditions
- thermosoftening polymer
- poly(ethene)
- polymer chains are
tangled together
- this means it can be
reheated and re-moulded
before setting hard again
- weak forces hold them together
and are broken when heated
- when it cools
the forces bring
the molecules
back together
- thermosetting polymer
- set hard when first moulded
- strong covalent bonds cross
link between the chains
- Nano Science 2.6
- atoms are arranged
into very small
particals
- which behave differently
to ordinary materials
made of the same atom
- a nanometre is 1
billionth of a metre
- nanoparticals are a few
nanometres in size
- because of this they have
a large surface area
making them very useful
- how it is used:
- catalysts
- cosmetics
- sun screens
- deodorants
- the more they are used the
greater risk of them getting
into the air and our bodies
- unpredictable consequences
- more research needs to be done